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Move memslot deletion into its own routine so that the success path for other memslot updates does not need to use kvm_free_memslot(), i.e. can explicitly destroy the dirty bitmap when necessary. This paves the way for dropping @dont from kvm_free_memslot(), i.e. all callers now pass NULL for @dont. Add a comment above the code to make a copy of the existing memslot prior to deletion, it is not at all obvious that the pointer will become stale during sorting and/or installation of new memslots. Note, kvm_arch_commit_memory_region() allows an architecture to free resources when moving a memslot or changing its flags, e.g. x86 frees its arch specific memslot metadata during commit_memory_region(). Acked-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@arm.com> Tested-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.