Re: [PATCH v3 01/17] KVM: Fix arguments to kvm_{un,}map_gfn()

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David Woodhouse <dwmw2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 14 December 2020 21:13:40 GMT, Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>What about different address space ids? 
>>
>>gfn_to_memslot() now calls kvm_memslots() which gives memslots for
>>address space id = 0 but what if we want something different? Note,
>>different vCPUs can (in theory) be in different address spaces so we
>>actually need 'vcpu' and not 'kvm' then.
>
> Sure, but then you want a different function; this one is called
> 'kvm_map_gfn()' and it operates on kvm_memslots(). It *doesn't*
> operate on the vcpu at all.
>

Actually, we already have kvm_vcpu_map() which uses kvm_vcpu_memslots()
inside so no new function is needed.

> Which is why it's so bizarre that its argument is a 'vcpu' which it
> only ever uses to get vcpu->kvm from it. It should just take the kvm
> pointer.

Your change is correct but I'm not sure that it's entirely clear that
kvm_map_gfn() implicitly uses 'as_id=0' and I don't even see a comment
about the fact :-(

-- 
Vitaly




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