linux-kernel - [PATCH 01/18] KVM: MMU: Check for root

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Date:	Wed, 3 Mar 2010 20:12:04 +0100
From:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>, Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
CC:	Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 01/18] KVM: MMU: Check for root_level instead of long mode

The walk_addr function checks for !is_long_mode in its 64
bit version. But what is meant here is a check for pae
paging. Change the condition to really check for pae paging
so that it also works with nested nested paging.

Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
index 81eab9a..92b6bb5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ walk:
 	walker->level = vcpu->arch.mmu.root_level;
 	pte = vcpu->arch.cr3;
 #if PTTYPE == 64
-	if (!is_long_mode(vcpu)) {
+	if (vcpu->arch.mmu.root_level == PT32E_ROOT_LEVEL) {
 		pte = kvm_pdptr_read(vcpu, (addr >> 30) & 3);
 		trace_kvm_mmu_paging_element(pte, walker->level);
 		if (!is_present_gpte(pte))
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ walk:
 				(PTTYPE == 64 || is_pse(vcpu))) ||
 		    ((walker->level == PT_PDPE_LEVEL) &&
 				(pte & PT_PAGE_SIZE_MASK)  &&
-				is_long_mode(vcpu))) {
+				vcpu->arch.mmu.root_level == PT64_ROOT_LEVEL)) {
 			int lvl = walker->level;
 
 			walker->gfn = gpte_to_gfn_lvl(pte, lvl);
-- 
1.7.0


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