Re: [PATCH v6 03/22] KVM: x86/mmu: Stop passing @direct to mmu_alloc_root()

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On Wed, Jun 22, 2022, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 6/16/22 20:47, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > The argument @direct is vcpu->arch.mmu->root_role.direct, so just use
> > > that.
> > It's worth calling out that, unlike non-root page tables, it's impossible to have
> > a direct root in an indirect MMU.  I.e. provide a hint as to why there's a need to
> > pass @direct in the first place.
> > 
> 
> I suppose there's *no* need to pass direct?  Also, there's the trivial (but
> less interesting) justification that kvm_mmu_load does
> 
>         if (vcpu->arch.mmu->root_role.direct)
>                 r = mmu_alloc_direct_roots(vcpu);
>         else
>                 r = mmu_alloc_shadow_roots(vcpu);
> 
> and those are the only callers of mmu_alloc_root.

Duh, you're right, grabbing root_role.direct in mmu_alloc_root() is much better.
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