linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: x86: fix use of L1 MMIO areas in nested guests

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Date:   Fri, 18 Aug 2017 14:38:28 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        wanpeng.li@...mail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: x86: fix use of L1 MMIO areas in nested guests

On 18/08/2017 14:35, Radim Krčmář wrote:
> 
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
>>> @@ -90,7 +90,11 @@ static inline u32 bit(int bitno)
>>>  static inline void vcpu_cache_mmio_info(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>>>  					gva_t gva, gfn_t gfn, unsigned access)
>>>  {
>>> -	vcpu->arch.mmio_gva = gva & PAGE_MASK;
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * If this is a shadow nested page table, the "GVA" is
>> s/"GVA"/GVA/ ?
> I prefer the former, we're talking about "gva_t gva" that isn't GVA. :)

Exactly. :)

Paolo