[PATCH 2/6] KVM: Documentation: Update the field name gfns in kvm_mmu_page

Mingwei Zhang posted 6 patches 2 years, 7 months ago
[PATCH 2/6] KVM: Documentation: Update the field name gfns in kvm_mmu_page
Posted by Mingwei Zhang 2 years, 7 months ago
Update the 'gfns' in kvm_mmu_page to 'shadowed_translation'to be consistent
with the code. The more detailed description of 'shadowed_translation' is
already inlined in the data structure definition, so no need to duplicate
the text but simply just update the name.

Signed-off-by: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@google.com>
---
 Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst
index 561efa8ec7d7..149dd3cba48f 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ Shadow pages contain the following information:
     at __pa(sp2->spt).  sp2 will point back at sp1 through parent_pte.
     The spt array forms a DAG structure with the shadow page as a node, and
     guest pages as leaves.
-  gfns:
+  shadowed_translation:
     An array of 512 guest frame numbers, one for each present pte.  Used to
     perform a reverse map from a pte to a gfn. When role.direct is set, any
     element of this array can be calculated from the gfn field when used, in
-- 
2.41.0.162.gfafddb0af9-goog
Re: [PATCH 2/6] KVM: Documentation: Update the field name gfns in kvm_mmu_page
Posted by Xu Yilun 2 years, 7 months ago
On 2023-06-18 at 00:08:52 +0000, Mingwei Zhang wrote:
> Update the 'gfns' in kvm_mmu_page to 'shadowed_translation'to be consistent
> with the code. The more detailed description of 'shadowed_translation' is
> already inlined in the data structure definition, so no need to duplicate
> the text but simply just update the name.

The definition of this field is changed, but apprently the description
here is for gfns. It leaves some confusion if we just leave them
unchanged.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@google.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst
> index 561efa8ec7d7..149dd3cba48f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst
> @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ Shadow pages contain the following information:
>      at __pa(sp2->spt).  sp2 will point back at sp1 through parent_pte.
>      The spt array forms a DAG structure with the shadow page as a node, and
>      guest pages as leaves.
> -  gfns:
> +  shadowed_translation:
>      An array of 512 guest frame numbers, one for each present pte.  Used to

guest frame numbers -> shadow translation info (gfn + access)

>      perform a reverse map from a pte to a gfn. When role.direct is set, any

Just "perform reverse mapping" is OK?

>      element of this array can be calculated from the gfn field when used, in

May remove the "of gfns"

Thanks,
Yilun

> -- 
> 2.41.0.162.gfafddb0af9-goog
>
Re: [PATCH 2/6] KVM: Documentation: Update the field name gfns in kvm_mmu_page
Posted by Mingwei Zhang 2 years, 7 months ago
On Fri, Jun 23, 2023, Xu Yilun wrote:
> On 2023-06-18 at 00:08:52 +0000, Mingwei Zhang wrote:
> > Update the 'gfns' in kvm_mmu_page to 'shadowed_translation'to be consistent
> > with the code. The more detailed description of 'shadowed_translation' is
> > already inlined in the data structure definition, so no need to duplicate
> > the text but simply just update the name.
> 
> The definition of this field is changed, but apprently the description
> here is for gfns. It leaves some confusion if we just leave them
> unchanged.
> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@google.com>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst
> > index 561efa8ec7d7..149dd3cba48f 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst
> > @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ Shadow pages contain the following information:
> >      at __pa(sp2->spt).  sp2 will point back at sp1 through parent_pte.
> >      The spt array forms a DAG structure with the shadow page as a node, and
> >      guest pages as leaves.
> > -  gfns:
> > +  shadowed_translation:
> >      An array of 512 guest frame numbers, one for each present pte.  Used to
> 
> guest frame numbers -> shadow translation info (gfn + access)

Will add this one. I will avoid the "(gfn + access)" since that is
already described in the comments inline and it may subject to changes,
eg., adding more bits in the future.
> 
> >      perform a reverse map from a pte to a gfn. When role.direct is set, any
> 
> Just "perform reverse mapping" is OK?

I will tend to leave that as is, since it is not a major issue.
> 
> >      element of this array can be calculated from the gfn field when used, in
> 
> May remove the "of gfns"

will do.
>
> Thanks,
> Yilun

Thanks for the comment, will update it in next version.
> 
> > -- 
> > 2.41.0.162.gfafddb0af9-goog
> >
Re: [PATCH 2/6] KVM: Documentation: Update the field name gfns in kvm_mmu_page
Posted by Xu Yilun 2 years, 7 months ago
On 2023-06-23 at 08:30:54 +0800, Xu Yilun wrote:
> On 2023-06-18 at 00:08:52 +0000, Mingwei Zhang wrote:
> > Update the 'gfns' in kvm_mmu_page to 'shadowed_translation'to be consistent
> > with the code. The more detailed description of 'shadowed_translation' is
> > already inlined in the data structure definition, so no need to duplicate
> > the text but simply just update the name.
> 
> The definition of this field is changed, but apprently the description
> here is for gfns. It leaves some confusion if we just leave them
> unchanged.
> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@google.com>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst | 2 +-
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst
> > index 561efa8ec7d7..149dd3cba48f 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst
> > @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ Shadow pages contain the following information:
> >      at __pa(sp2->spt).  sp2 will point back at sp1 through parent_pte.
> >      The spt array forms a DAG structure with the shadow page as a node, and
> >      guest pages as leaves.
> > -  gfns:
> > +  shadowed_translation:
> >      An array of 512 guest frame numbers, one for each present pte.  Used to
> 
> guest frame numbers -> shadow translation info (gfn + access)
> 
> >      perform a reverse map from a pte to a gfn. When role.direct is set, any
> 
> Just "perform reverse mapping" is OK?
> 
> >      element of this array can be calculated from the gfn field when used, in
> 
> May remove the "of gfns"

Sorry, forgot to append the original sentence.

    element of this array can be calculated from the gfn field when used, in
    this case, the array of gfns is not allocated. See role.direct and gfn.
                               ^
May remove the "of gfns"

Thanks,
Yilun

> 
> > -- 
> > 2.41.0.162.gfafddb0af9-goog
> >
Re: [PATCH 2/6] KVM: Documentation: Update the field name gfns in kvm_mmu_page
Posted by Huang, Kai 2 years, 7 months ago
On Sun, 2023-06-18 at 00:08 +0000, Mingwei Zhang wrote:
> Update the 'gfns' in kvm_mmu_page to 'shadowed_translation'to be consistent
> with the code. The more detailed description of 'shadowed_translation' is
> already inlined in the data structure definition, so no need to duplicate
> the text but simply just update the name.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@google.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst
> index 561efa8ec7d7..149dd3cba48f 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/mmu.rst
> @@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ Shadow pages contain the following information:
>      at __pa(sp2->spt).  sp2 will point back at sp1 through parent_pte.
>      The spt array forms a DAG structure with the shadow page as a node, and
>      guest pages as leaves.
> -  gfns:
> +  shadowed_translation:
>      An array of 512 guest frame numbers, one for each present pte.  Used to
>      perform a reverse map from a pte to a gfn. When role.direct is set, any
>      element of this array can be calculated from the gfn field when used, in

Reviewed-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@intel.com>