On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 03:26:47PM -0400, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > For the description of the "why" of this patch, I'll just direct you to > David's excellent cover letter from v6, which can be found at > https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220516232138.1783324-1-dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx. > > This version mostly does the following: > > - apply the feedback from Sean and other reviewers, which is mostly > aesthetic > > - replace the refactoring of drop_large_spte()/__drop_large_spte() > with my own version. The insight there is that drop_large_spte() > is always followed by {,__}link_shadow_page(), so the call is > moved there > > - split the TLB flush optimization into a separate patch, mostly > to perform the previous refactoring independent of the optional > TLB flush > > - rename a few functions from *nested_mmu* to *shadow_mmu* > Thanks for the v7 Paolo!