linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kvm: vmx: Use the hardware provided GPA instead of page walk

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Date:   Tue, 7 Feb 2017 18:21:56 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...ux.intel.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm: vmx: Use the hardware provided GPA instead of page
 walk

On 27/01/2017 19:34, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> As in the SVM patch, the guest physical address is passed by
> VMX to x86_emulate_instruction already, so mark the GPA as available
> in vcpu->arch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 3 +++
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> index 7c3e42623090..0828b02b5af2 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -6382,6 +6382,7 @@ static int handle_ept_violation(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  			EPT_VIOLATION_EXECUTABLE))
>  		      ? PFERR_PRESENT_MASK : 0;
>  
> +	vcpu->arch.gpa_available = true;
>  	vcpu->arch.exit_qualification = exit_qualification;
>  
>  	return kvm_mmu_page_fault(vcpu, gpa, error_code, NULL, 0);
> @@ -6399,6 +6400,7 @@ static int handle_ept_misconfig(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  	}
>  
>  	ret = handle_mmio_page_fault(vcpu, gpa, true);
> +	vcpu->arch.gpa_available = true;
>  	if (likely(ret == RET_MMIO_PF_EMULATE))
>  		return x86_emulate_instruction(vcpu, gpa, 0, NULL, 0) ==
>  					      EMULATE_DONE;
> @@ -8517,6 +8519,7 @@ static int vmx_handle_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  	u32 vectoring_info = vmx->idt_vectoring_info;
>  
>  	trace_kvm_exit(exit_reason, vcpu, KVM_ISA_VMX);
> +	vcpu->arch.gpa_available = false;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Flush logged GPAs PML buffer, this will make dirty_bitmap more
> 

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