On 05/02/20 14:37, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote: >> +static void mark_mmio_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *sptep, u64 gfn, >> + unsigned int access) >> +{ >> + u64 mask = make_mmio_spte(vcpu, gfn, access); >> + unsigned int gen = get_mmio_spte_generation(mask); >> + >> + access = mask & ACC_ALL; >> + >> trace_mark_mmio_spte(sptep, gfn, access, gen); > 'access' and 'gen' are only being used for tracing, would it rather make > sense to rename&move it to the newly introduced make_mmio_spte()? Or do > we actually need tracing for both? You would have the same issue with sptep. > Also, I dislike re-purposing function parameters. Yes, "trace_mark_mmio_spte(sptep, gfn, mask & ACC_ALL, gen);" is slightly better. Paolo