I saw this on another series[*]: > if KVM_TRANSLATE2 lands (though I'm somewhat curious as to why QEMU doesn't do > the page walks itself).
The simple reason for keeping this functionality in KVM, is that it already has a mature, production-level page walker (which is already exposed) and creating something similar QEMU would take a lot longer and would be much harder to maintain than just creating an API that leverages the existing walker. [*] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/zvjsevot7gn_g...@google.com/T/#mb0b23a1f5023192a442db4a16629d9ca74eb6b5e ps: this is also a gentle ping for review, if this got lost in between conferences Amazon Web Services Development Center Germany GmbH Krausenstr. 38 10117 Berlin Geschaeftsfuehrung: Christian Schlaeger, Jonathan Weiss Eingetragen am Amtsgericht Charlottenburg unter HRB 257764 B Sitz: Berlin Ust-ID: DE 365 538 597
