linux-kernel - [PATCH] KVM: nVMX: don't reset kvm mmu twice

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Message-Id: <1489308832-29078-1-git-send-email-wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 12 Mar 2017 00:53:52 -0800
From:   Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...mail.com>
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: nVMX: don't reset kvm mmu twice

From: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...mail.com>

kvm mmu is reset once successfully loading CR3 as part of emulating vmentry 
in nested_vmx_load_cr3(). We should not reset kvm mmu twice.

Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...mail.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 98e82ee..bca8d7a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -10286,8 +10286,6 @@ static int prepare_vmcs02(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vmcs12 *vmcs12,
 				entry_failure_code))
 		return 1;
 
-	kvm_mmu_reset_context(vcpu);
-
 	if (!enable_ept)
 		vcpu->arch.walk_mmu->inject_page_fault = vmx_inject_page_fault_nested;
 
-- 
2.7.4