Hi Marc,
On 6/16/20 5:18 PM, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> Hi Alexandru,
>
> On 2020-06-16 16:59, Alexandru Elisei wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> IMO, this patch does two different things: adds a new structure, kvm_s2_mmu, and
>> converts the memory management code to use the 4 level page table API. I realize
>> it's painful to convert the MMU code to use the p4d functions, and then modify
>> everything to use kvm_s2_mmu in a separate patch, but I believe
>> splitting it into
>> 2 would be better in the long run. The resulting patches will be
>> smaller and both
>> will have a better chance of being reviewed by the right people.
>
> I'm not sure how you want me to do this. The whole p4d mess is already in
> mainline (went via akpm directly to Linus), and I can't really revert it.
Silly me, I thought that *this* patch adds the p4d functions, but in fact they
were added in commit e9f6376858b9 ("arm64: add support for folded p4d page
tables"). Sorry for the noise, will pay more attention next time.
Thanks,
Alex
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