Re: [PATCH 0/6] Get rid of mandatory huge page defines

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On Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 02:22:27PM -0700, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> The current KVM code relies on a number of definitions to exist for each
> architecture:
>   KVM_HPAGE_GFN_SHIFT
>   KVM_NR_HPAGE_SIZES
>   KVM_PAGES_PER_HPAGE
> 
> However, these defines are only used in the gfn_to_index function, which
> is only used in the x86 code.  This series moves the gfn_to_index
> function from the generic KVM code into the x86 world and gets rid of
> the definitions from archiectures that don't use them.  s390 actually
> uses these values in other code, so we leave that part untouched.
> 
> Patches based on kvm/next and available here:
> git://git.linaro.org/people/cdall/linux-kvm-arm.git kvm-pagesize-cleanup
> 
> Christoffer Dall (6):
>   KVM: Move gfn_to_index to x86 specific code
>   KVM: ARM: Get rid of KVM_HPAGE defines
>   KVM: arm64: Get rid of KVM_HPAGE defines
>   KVM: mips: Get rid of KVM_HPAGE defines
>   KVM: ia64: Get rid of KVM_HPAGE defines
>   KVM: PPC: Get rid of KVM_HPAGE defines
> 

Any comments on this one?  I'd very much like to merge huge page support
for KVM/ARM during the next merge window and it depends on this
series.

Thanks!
-Christoffer
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