linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/6] KVM: MMU: retain more available bits on mmio spte

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Date:	Mon,  1 Apr 2013 17:56:44 +0800
From:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	mtosatti@...hat.com
Cc:	gleb@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/6] KVM: MMU: retain more available bits on mmio spte

Let mmio spte only use bit62 and bit63 on upper 32 bits, then bit 52 ~ bit 61
can be used for other purposes

Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c |    4 ++--
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c |    8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 03f5746..915ef56 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -3983,10 +3983,10 @@ static void ept_set_mmio_spte_mask(void)
 	/*
 	 * EPT Misconfigurations can be generated if the value of bits 2:0
 	 * of an EPT paging-structure entry is 110b (write/execute).
-	 * Also, magic bits (0xffull << 49) is set to quickly identify mmio
+	 * Also, magic bits (0x3ull << 62) is set to quickly identify mmio
 	 * spte.
 	 */
-	kvm_mmu_set_mmio_spte_mask(0xffull << 49 | 0x6ull);
+	kvm_mmu_set_mmio_spte_mask((0x3ull << 62) | 0x6ull);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 9ce99ed..12ad5b5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -5194,7 +5194,13 @@ static void kvm_set_mmio_spte_mask(void)
 	 * Set the reserved bits and the present bit of an paging-structure
 	 * entry to generate page fault with PFER.RSV = 1.
 	 */
-	mask = ((1ull << (62 - maxphyaddr + 1)) - 1) << maxphyaddr;
+	 /* Mask the reserved physical address bits. */
+	mask = ((1ull << (51 - maxphyaddr + 1)) - 1) << maxphyaddr;
+
+	/* Bit 62 is always reserved for 32bit host. */
+	mask |= 0x3ull << 62;
+
+	/* Set the present bit. */
 	mask |= 1ull;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-- 
1.7.7.6

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