linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 1/6] KVM: MMU: fix release noslot pfn

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Message-ID: <507D4DE7.5080708@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:07:03 +0800
From:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
CC:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, KVM <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v5 1/6] KVM: MMU: fix release noslot pfn

We can not directly call kvm_release_pfn_clean to release the pfn
since we can meet noslot pfn which is used to cache mmio info into
spte

Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c  |    3 +--
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c |    4 +---
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index d289fee..6f85fe0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -2497,8 +2497,7 @@ static void mmu_set_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *sptep,
 		}
 	}

-	if (!is_error_pfn(pfn))
-		kvm_release_pfn_clean(pfn);
+	kvm_release_pfn_clean(pfn);
 }

 static void nonpaging_new_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index c353b45..a65bc02 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1322,9 +1322,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_release_page_clean);

 void kvm_release_pfn_clean(pfn_t pfn)
 {
-	WARN_ON(is_error_pfn(pfn));
-
-	if (!kvm_is_mmio_pfn(pfn))
+	if (!is_error_pfn(pfn) && !kvm_is_mmio_pfn(pfn))
 		put_page(pfn_to_page(pfn));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_release_pfn_clean);
-- 
1.7.7.6

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