Re: [PATCH v5.5 12/30] KVM: x86: Use "new" memslot instead of userspace memory region

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v5.5 12/30] KVM: x86: Use "new" memslot instead of userspace memory region
From: "Maciej S. Szmigiero" <maciej.szmigiero@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2021 01:40:26 +0100
Cc: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx>, Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@xxxxxxx>, Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>, Atish Patra <atish.patra@xxxxxxx>, David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>, Cornelia Huck <cohuck@xxxxxxxxxx>, Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>, Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>, Joerg Roedel <joro@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, kvm-ppc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, kvm-riscv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-riscv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ben Gardon <bgardon@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On 04.11.2021 01:25, Sean Christopherson wrote:

Get the number of pages directly from the new memslot instead of
computing the same from the userspace memory region when allocating
memslot metadata.  This will allow a future patch to drop @mem.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>


Reviewed-by: Maciej S. Szmigiero <maciej.szmigiero@xxxxxxxxxx>

References:
- [PATCH v5.5 00/30] KVM: Scalable memslots implementation
  - From: Sean Christopherson
- [PATCH v5.5 12/30] KVM: x86: Use "new" memslot instead of userspace memory region
  - From: Sean Christopherson

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