Re: [RFC PATCH 5/7] ARM: KVM: kill stage2_set_pte

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On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:37:49 -0800, Christoffer Dall
<cdall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 03:47:02PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> kvm_set_spte_handler is the last user of stage2_set_pte.
>> Convert it to the new get/set_at operations, and kill stage2_set_pte.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c | 17 ++++-------------
>>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c
>> index d033344..633b546 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c
>> @@ -458,18 +458,6 @@ static void stage2_set_pte_at(struct kvm *kvm,
>> phys_addr_t addr,
>>  		get_page(virt_to_page(pte));
>>  }
>>  
>> -static int stage2_set_pte(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache
>> *cache,
>> -			  phys_addr_t addr, const pte_t *new_pte)
>> -{
>> -	pte_t *pte;
>> -
>> -	pte = stage2_get_pte(kvm, cache, addr);
>> -	if (pte)
>> -		stage2_set_pte_at(kvm, addr, pte, *new_pte);
>> -
>> -	return 0;
>> -}
>> -
> 
> Ah, you did this later on. I don't see why you want to keep the name
> stage2_set_pte_at though. Rationale?

set_pte_at is the "normal" kernel interface (for an admittedly twisted
definition of "normal"). It really helps to have similar function names
(specially when you're trying to explain something to a kernel hacked that
is not familiar with KVM's internal stuff).

        M.
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