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From:   Paul Durrant <xadimgnik@gmail.com>
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Date:   Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:22:49 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 05/13] KVM: pfncache: allow a cache to be activated
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To:     David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
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        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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On 19/09/2023 15:20, David Woodhouse wrote:
> On Tue, 2023-09-19 at 13:41 +0000, Paul Durrant wrote:
>> From: Paul Durrant <pdurrant@amazon.com>
>>
>> Some cached pages may actually be overlays on guest memory that have a
>> fixed HVA within the VMM. It's pointless to invalidate such cached
>> mappings if the overlay is moved so allow a cache to be activated directly
>> with the HVA to cater for such cases. A subsequent patch will make use
>> of this facility.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <pdurrant@amazon.com>
> 
> I think I gave you one of these in a previous round, but
> 
> Reviewed-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw@amazon.co.uk>
> 

Yes. Apologies. You gave it on v2; I definitely have it now.

   Paul