Re: [PATCH v9 04/41] KVM: Rename memory attribute APIs to prepare for in-place gmem conversion
Xiaoyao Li <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:19:30 +0800
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On 7/29/2026 8:35 AM, Ackerley Tng via B4 Relay wrote: > From: Sean Christopherson<[email protected]> > > Rename memory attribute APIs to add a "vm_" in the name in anticipation of > moving PRIVATE tracking into guest_memfd, to allow in-place conversion > between SHARED and PRIVATE. At that point, there will effectively be two > (potential) sources of memory attributes: the VM and guest_memfd. > > kvm_vm_set_mem_attributes() already has "vm" in the name to indicate that > it is a VM ioctl. Rename it to kvm_set_vm_mem_attributes() to show that it > is setting the VM's memory attributes. (Drop the VM-ioctl scoping since it > is a helper local to the file.) Update the accompanying trace function to > match. > > No functional change intended. > > Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson<[email protected]> > Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba<[email protected]> > Tested-by: Shivank Garg<[email protected]> > Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng<[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <[email protected]>