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From: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
To: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Cc: kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com>,
	Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
	Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: arm64: nv: Punt stage-2 recycling to a vCPU request
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 17:06:58 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZvyOovRpxoQtPvZj@linux.dev> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86ed4z76gw.wl-maz@kernel.org>

On Wed, Oct 02, 2024 at 12:23:43AM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > +
> > +void check_nested_vcpu_requests(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > +{
> > +	if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_NESTED_S2_UNMAP, vcpu)) {
> > +		CLASS(vcpu_hw_mmu, mmu)(vcpu);
> 
> I really think a small comment outlining *why* we need to elevate the
> refcount would help. This single line is what holds the whole thing
> together.

Sure, it is only _slightly_ load bearing...

-- 
Thanks,
Oliver

      reply	other threads:[~2024-10-02  0:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-10-01  0:17 [PATCH 0/3] KVM: arm64: nv: Fixes for stage-2 MMU recycling Oliver Upton
2024-10-01  0:17 ` [PATCH 1/3] KVM: arm64: Treat stage-2 MMUs as refcounted generally Oliver Upton
2024-10-01  0:17 ` [PATCH 2/3] KVM: arm64: nv: Do not block when unmapping stage-2 if disallowed Oliver Upton
2024-10-01  0:17 ` [PATCH 3/3] KVM: arm64: nv: Punt stage-2 recycling to a vCPU request Oliver Upton
2024-10-01 19:05   ` Sean Christopherson
2024-10-01 20:41     ` Oliver Upton
2024-10-01 23:28       ` Sean Christopherson
2024-10-01 23:49         ` Marc Zyngier
2024-10-02  0:06           ` Oliver Upton
2024-10-02  0:23             ` Sean Christopherson
2024-10-02 23:31               ` Marc Zyngier
2024-10-03  0:04                 ` Oliver Upton
2024-10-03  0:12                   ` Oliver Upton
2024-10-03 16:45                     ` Sean Christopherson
2024-10-03 17:52                       ` Oliver Upton
2024-10-03 18:23                         ` Sean Christopherson
2024-10-03 22:03                           ` Oliver Upton
2024-10-01 23:23   ` Marc Zyngier
2024-10-02  0:06     ` Oliver Upton [this message]

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