Re: [RFC PATCH 04/12] KVM: x86/mmu: Rename kvm_tdp_map_page() to kvm_tdp_prefault_page()

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On Thu, 2025-08-28 at 11:50 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > 
> > I realize you are just trying to do map->prefault here, but "page" seems
> > redundant once you have "prefault" in the name. Why page here vs all the
> > other fault handler functions without it?
> 
> kvm_tdp_prefault() feels a bit ambiguous/bare.  Many of the fault helpers do
> have "page", it's just before the fault part.
> 
>   kvm_mmu_finish_page_fault
>   kvm_handle_page_fault
>   kvm_tdp_page_fault
>   direct_page_fault
>   nonpaging_page_fault
>   kvm_tdp_mmu_page_fault
> 
>   (and probably more)

True.

> 
> How about kvm_tdp_page_prefault()?  Or kvm_tdp_do_prefault(), but I think I
> like kvm_tdp_page_prefault() a little more.

kvm_tdp_page_prefault() would be my pick of those. 




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