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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 2/3] x86/ioreq server: Rename p2m_mmio_write_dm to p2m_ioreq_server



On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Yu Zhang <yu.c.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Previously p2m type p2m_mmio_write_dm was introduced for write-
> protected memory pages whose write operations are supposed to be
> forwarded to and emulated by an ioreq server. Yet limitations of
> rangeset restrict the number of guest pages to be write-protected.
>
> This patch replaces the p2m type p2m_mmio_write_dm with a new name:
> p2m_ioreq_server, which means this p2m type can be claimed by one
> ioreq server, instead of being tracked inside the rangeset of ioreq
> server. Patches following up will add the related hvmop handling
> code which map/unmap type p2m_ioreq_server to/from an ioreq server.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Durrant <paul.durrant@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yu Zhang <yu.c.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Again, this would have been a lot easier to review if you'd said that
the only difference was to make it a straight rename, and move the
type change to the next patch.

Reviewed-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>

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