linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 21/22] KVM: MMU: mmio page fault support

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Date:	Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:04:30 +0800
From:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
CC:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	KVM <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 21/22] KVM: MMU: mmio page fault support

On 06/24/2011 04:13 AM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:

>> No, not all no mmio spte is considered a genuine EPT misconfig, as the above
>> case, we can get !is_mmio_spte(), but it is not the genuine EPT misconfig
>> since it is caused by shadow page zapped
> 
> I mean it must be
> 
> if (is_mmio_spte(spte))
>     handle_mmio
> if (spte == spte_not_present) /* race, let CPU refault */
>     return
> handle EPT misconf
> 

The patch already did it as you say :p

if (is_mmio_spte(spte))
	return handle_mmio
if (spte_present(spte))
	return handle EPT misconfig

return page fault path /*I will fix it, let cpu refault instead*/

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