linux-kernel - [PATCH 01/10] X86/nVMX: handle_vmon: Read 4 bytes from guest memory instead of map->read->unmap sequence

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Message-Id: <1519235241-6500-2-git-send-email-karahmed@amazon.de>
Date:   Wed, 21 Feb 2018 18:47:12 +0100
From:   KarimAllah Ahmed <karahmed@...zon.de>
To:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     hpa@...or.com, jmattson@...gle.com, mingo@...hat.com,
        pbonzini@...hat.com, rkrcmar@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        KarimAllah Ahmed <karahmed@...zon.de>
Subject: [PATCH 01/10] X86/nVMX: handle_vmon: Read 4 bytes from guest memory instead of map->read->unmap sequence

... which also avoids using kvm_vcpu_gpa_to_page() and kmap() which assumes
that there is a "struct page" for guest memory.

Suggested-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: KarimAllah Ahmed <karahmed@...zon.de>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 14 +++-----------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 19a150b..cf696e2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -7562,7 +7562,7 @@ static int handle_vmon(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	int ret;
 	gpa_t vmptr;
-	struct page *page;
+	uint32_t revision;
 	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
 	const u64 VMXON_NEEDED_FEATURES = FEATURE_CONTROL_LOCKED
 		| FEATURE_CONTROL_VMXON_ENABLED_OUTSIDE_SMX;
@@ -7608,19 +7608,11 @@ static int handle_vmon(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		return kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
 	}
 
-	page = kvm_vcpu_gpa_to_page(vcpu, vmptr);
-	if (is_error_page(page)) {
+	if (kvm_read_guest(vcpu->kvm, vmptr, &revision, sizeof(revision)) ||
+	    revision != VMCS12_REVISION) {
 		nested_vmx_failInvalid(vcpu);
 		return kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
 	}
-	if (*(u32 *)kmap(page) != VMCS12_REVISION) {
-		kunmap(page);
-		kvm_release_page_clean(page);
-		nested_vmx_failInvalid(vcpu);
-		return kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
-	}
-	kunmap(page);
-	kvm_release_page_clean(page);
 
 	vmx->nested.vmxon_ptr = vmptr;
 	ret = enter_vmx_operation(vcpu);
-- 
2.7.4