[RFC PATCH 04/12] KVM: x86/mmu: Rename kvm_tdp_map_page() to kvm_tdp_prefault_page()

Sean Christopherson posted 12 patches 1 month, 1 week ago
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[RFC PATCH 04/12] KVM: x86/mmu: Rename kvm_tdp_map_page() to kvm_tdp_prefault_page()
Posted by Sean Christopherson 1 month, 1 week ago
Rename kvm_tdp_map_page() to kvm_tdp_prefault_page() now that it's used
only by kvm_arch_vcpu_pre_fault_memory().

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index f532beed9029..cb08785ce29b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -4900,8 +4900,8 @@ int kvm_tdp_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_page_fault *fault)
 	return direct_page_fault(vcpu, fault);
 }
 
-static int kvm_tdp_map_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa, u64 error_code,
-			    u8 *level)
+static int kvm_tdp_prefault_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa,
+				 u64 error_code, u8 *level)
 {
 	int r;
 
@@ -4978,7 +4978,7 @@ long kvm_arch_vcpu_pre_fault_memory(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	 * Shadow paging uses GVA for kvm page fault, so restrict to
 	 * two-dimensional paging.
 	 */
-	r = kvm_tdp_map_page(vcpu, range->gpa | direct_bits, error_code, &level);
+	r = kvm_tdp_prefault_page(vcpu, range->gpa | direct_bits, error_code, &level);
 	if (r < 0)
 		return r;
 
-- 
2.51.0.268.g9569e192d0-goog
Re: [RFC PATCH 04/12] KVM: x86/mmu: Rename kvm_tdp_map_page() to kvm_tdp_prefault_page()
Posted by Edgecombe, Rick P 1 month ago
On Tue, 2025-08-26 at 17:05 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Rename kvm_tdp_map_page() to kvm_tdp_prefault_page() now that it's used
> only by kvm_arch_vcpu_pre_fault_memory().
> 
> No functional change intended.

I realize you are just trying to do map->prefault here, but "page" seems
redundant once you have "prefault" in the name. Why page here vs all the other
fault handler functions without it?
Re: [RFC PATCH 04/12] KVM: x86/mmu: Rename kvm_tdp_map_page() to kvm_tdp_prefault_page()
Posted by Sean Christopherson 1 month ago
On Thu, Aug 28, 2025, Rick P Edgecombe wrote:
> On Tue, 2025-08-26 at 17:05 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Rename kvm_tdp_map_page() to kvm_tdp_prefault_page() now that it's used
> > only by kvm_arch_vcpu_pre_fault_memory().
> > 
> > No functional change intended.
> 
> I realize you are just trying to do map->prefault here, but "page" seems
> redundant once you have "prefault" in the name. Why page here vs all the other
> fault handler functions without it?

kvm_tdp_prefault() feels a bit ambiguous/bare.  Many of the fault helpers do have
"page", it's just before the fault part.

  kvm_mmu_finish_page_fault
  kvm_handle_page_fault
  kvm_tdp_page_fault
  direct_page_fault
  nonpaging_page_fault
  kvm_tdp_mmu_page_fault

  (and probably more)

How about kvm_tdp_page_prefault()?  Or kvm_tdp_do_prefault(), but I think I like
kvm_tdp_page_prefault() a little more.
Re: [RFC PATCH 04/12] KVM: x86/mmu: Rename kvm_tdp_map_page() to kvm_tdp_prefault_page()
Posted by Edgecombe, Rick P 1 month ago
On Thu, 2025-08-28 at 11:50 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > 
> > I realize you are just trying to do map->prefault here, but "page" seems
> > redundant once you have "prefault" in the name. Why page here vs all the
> > other fault handler functions without it?
> 
> kvm_tdp_prefault() feels a bit ambiguous/bare.  Many of the fault helpers do
> have "page", it's just before the fault part.
> 
>   kvm_mmu_finish_page_fault
>   kvm_handle_page_fault
>   kvm_tdp_page_fault
>   direct_page_fault
>   nonpaging_page_fault
>   kvm_tdp_mmu_page_fault
> 
>   (and probably more)

True.

> 
> How about kvm_tdp_page_prefault()?  Or kvm_tdp_do_prefault(), but I think I
> like kvm_tdp_page_prefault() a little more.

kvm_tdp_page_prefault() would be my pick of those.