linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: nVMX: emulate the INVVPID instruction

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Date:	Thu, 24 Sep 2015 11:45:31 -0400
From:	Bandan Das <bsd@...hat.com>
To:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:	Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...mail.com>,
	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>,
	Wincy Van <fanwenyi0529@...il.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: nVMX: emulate the INVVPID instruction

Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com> writes:
...
>> @@ -7189,7 +7189,28 @@ static int handle_invept(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>  
>>  static int handle_invvpid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>  {
>> -	kvm_queue_exception(vcpu, UD_VECTOR);
>> +	u32 vmx_instruction_info;
>> +	unsigned long type;
>> +
>> +	if (!nested_vmx_check_permission(vcpu))
>> +		return 1;
>> +
>> +	vmx_instruction_info = vmcs_read32(VMX_INSTRUCTION_INFO);
>> +	type = kvm_register_readl(vcpu, (vmx_instruction_info >> 28) & 0xf);
>> +
>> +	switch (type) {
>> +	case VMX_VPID_EXTENT_INDIVIDUAL_ADDR:
>> +	case VMX_VPID_EXTENT_SINGLE_CONTEXT:
>> +	case VMX_VPID_EXTENT_ALL_CONTEXT:
>> +		vmx_flush_tlb(vcpu);
>> +		nested_vmx_succeed(vcpu);
>> +		break;
>> +	default:
>> +		nested_vmx_failInvalid(vcpu);
>> +		break;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
>>  	return 1;
>>  }
>>  
>> 
>
> This is not enough.  You need to add a VPID argument to
> vpid_sync_vcpu_single, and inline vmx_flush_tlb in handle_invvpid so
> that it can use the new VPID argument of vpid_sync_vcpu_single.
>
> Note that the "all context" variant can be mapped to
> vpid_sync_vcpu_single with vpid02 as the argument (a nice side effect of
> your vpid02 design).
>
> However, I have applied the patch to kvm/queue.  Please send the changes
> separately, and I will squash them in the existing VPID patch.

Please don't do this. It's making it really difficult to review these
patches individually :( Why not let them get some review time before
applying them all together ?


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