Re: [PATCH v7 02/10] KVM: MMU: abstract spte write-protect

[Takuya Yoshikawa <takuya.yoshikawa@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:11:06 +0800
Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Strange! Why do you think it is wrong? It is just debug code.

kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access() does not use rmap but the debug code says:
	rmap_printk("rmap_write_protect: spte %p %llx\n", sptep, *sptep);

> > If you think it is not a problem, please explain why you think so in
> > the changelog.
> 
> 
> It is a from the first place and it is used to debug and not compiled at all.

It was not in kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access() before, no?

This patch says that the write protection code becomes commonly usable
function, but it still has rmap_write_protect specific debug code in it;
using it in kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access(), which is not at all related
to rmap_write_protect, is strange.

As you say, this is just debug code and does not have any practical problem.
But randomly putting debug code is not a good thing.

Thanks,
	Takuya
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