From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
vkuznets@redhat.com, mlevitsk@redhat.com, dmatlack@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/12] KVM: MMU: rename kvm_mmu_reload
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 11:07:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4e05cfc5-55bb-1273-5309-46ed4fe52fed@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YgWtdUotsoBOOtXz@google.com>
On 2/11/22 01:27, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 09, 2022, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> The name of kvm_mmu_reload is very confusing for two reasons:
>> first, KVM_REQ_MMU_RELOAD actually does not call it; second,
>> it only does anything if there is no valid root.
>>
>> Rename it to kvm_mmu_ensure_valid_root, which matches the actual
>> behavior better.
>
> 100% agree that kvm_mmu_reload() is a terrible name, but kvm_mmu_ensure_valid_root()
> isn't much better, e.g. it sounds like a sanity check and nothing more.
I would have thought that would be more of a check_valid_root(). There
are other functions in the kernel following the idea that "ensure" means
idempotency: skb_ensure_writable, perf_cgroup_ensure_storage,
btf_ensure_modifiable and libbpf_ensure_mem in libbpf. I'm not a native
speaker but, at least in computing, "ensure" seems to mean not just "to
make certain that (something) will be true", but also taking steps if
that's not already the case.
I also thought of "establish_valid_root", but it has the opposite
problem---it does not convey well, if at all, that the root could be
valid already.
Paolo
>
> Maybe just be very literalal?
>
> kvm_mmu_load_if_necessary()
> kvm_mmu_load_if_invalid()
>
> Or follow cond_sched()?
>
> kvm_mmu_cond_load()
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-02-11 10:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-02-09 17:00 [PATCH 00/12] KVM: MMU: do not unload MMU roots on all role changes Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-09 17:00 ` [PATCH 01/12] KVM: x86: host-initiated EFER.LME write affects the MMU Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-10 22:49 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-09 17:00 ` [PATCH 02/12] KVM: MMU: move MMU role accessors to header Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-10 23:00 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-09 17:00 ` [PATCH 03/12] KVM: x86: do not deliver asynchronous page faults if CR0.PG=0 Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-10 23:10 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-10 23:14 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-10 23:16 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-11 11:16 ` Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-09 17:00 ` [PATCH 04/12] KVM: MMU: WARN if PAE roots linger after kvm_mmu_unload Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-10 23:20 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-11 11:18 ` Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-09 17:00 ` [PATCH 05/12] KVM: MMU: avoid NULL-pointer dereference on page freeing bugs Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-11 0:24 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-11 11:21 ` Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-09 17:00 ` [PATCH 06/12] KVM: MMU: rename kvm_mmu_reload Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-11 0:27 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-11 10:07 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2022-02-11 16:16 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-11 16:52 ` Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-09 17:00 ` [PATCH 07/12] KVM: x86: use struct kvm_mmu_root_info for mmu->root Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-11 17:39 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-09 17:00 ` [PATCH 08/12] KVM: MMU: do not consult levels when freeing roots Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-11 0:41 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-11 0:54 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-11 1:07 ` Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-11 1:35 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-11 1:44 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-11 2:20 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-09 17:00 ` [PATCH 09/12] KVM: MMU: look for a cached PGD when going from 32-bit to 64-bit Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-11 1:32 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-11 1:37 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-11 10:09 ` Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-11 11:45 ` Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-11 17:38 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-09 17:00 ` [PATCH 10/12] KVM: MMU: load new PGD after the shadow MMU is initialized Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-11 17:45 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-11 17:47 ` Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-09 17:00 ` [PATCH 11/12] KVM: MMU: remove kvm_mmu_calc_root_page_role Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-11 17:53 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-09 17:00 ` [PATCH 12/12] KVM: x86: do not unload MMU roots on all role changes Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-11 9:08 ` Nikunj A. Dadhania
2022-02-11 18:48 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-14 16:34 ` Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-14 19:24 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-15 8:17 ` Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-09 17:07 ` [PATCH 00/12] KVM: MMU: " Sean Christopherson
2022-02-09 17:11 ` Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-09 17:16 ` Sean Christopherson
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