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Date:   Wed, 3 Aug 2022 18:13:04 +0800
From:   Chao Peng <chao.p.peng@linux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 08/14] KVM: Rename mmu_notifier_*
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On Fri, Jul 29, 2022 at 07:02:12PM +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 06, 2022, Chao Peng wrote:
> > The sync mechanism between mmu_notifier and page fault handler employs
> > fields mmu_notifier_seq/count and mmu_notifier_range_start/end. For the
> > to be added private memory, there is the same mechanism needed but not
> > rely on mmu_notifier (It uses new introduced memfile_notifier). This
> > patch renames the existing fields and related helper functions to a
> > neutral name mmu_updating_* so private memory can reuse.
> 
> mmu_updating_* is too broad of a term, e.g. page faults and many other operations
> also update the mmu.  Although the name most definitely came from the mmu_notifier,
> it's not completely inaccurate for other sources, e.g. KVM's MMU is still being
> notified of something, even if the source is not the actual mmu_notifier.
> 
> If we really want a different name, I'd vote for nomenclature that captures the
> invalidation aspect, which is really what the variables are all trackng, e.g.
> 
>   mmu_invalidate_seq
>   mmu_invalidate_in_progress
>   mmu_invalidate_range_start
>   mmu_invalidate_range_end

Looks good to me. Thanks.

Chao