linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: x86: simplify ept

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Message-ID: <be70338c-55c8-64cb-c3e4-447a09ef8b41@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 17 Aug 2017 10:06:32 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     wanpeng.li@...mail.com, rkrcmar@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: x86: simplify ept_misconfig

On 11.08.2017 18:52, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Calling handle_mmio_page_fault() has been unnecessary since commit
> e9ee956e311d ("KVM: x86: MMU: Move handle_mmio_page_fault() call to
> kvm_mmu_page_fault()", 2016-02-22)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 13 +++----------
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> index df8d2f127508..45fb0ea78ee8 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -6410,17 +6410,10 @@ static int handle_ept_misconfig(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  		return kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(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;
> -
> -	if (unlikely(ret == RET_MMIO_PF_INVALID))
> -		return kvm_mmu_page_fault(vcpu, gpa, 0, NULL, 0);
> -
> -	if (unlikely(ret == RET_MMIO_PF_RETRY))
> -		return 1;
> +	ret = kvm_mmu_page_fault(vcpu, gpa, PFERR_RSVD_MASK, NULL, 0);
> +	if (ret >= 0)
> +		return ret;
>  
>  	/* It is the real ept misconfig */
>  	WARN_ON(1);
> 

I think we can now un-export handle_mmio_page_fault(), as it is only
arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c

-- 

Thanks,

David