linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 9/9] KVM: x86: drop superfluous mmu_check_root() from fast_pgd

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Message-Id: <20200710141157.1640173-10-vkuznets@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri, 10 Jul 2020 16:11:57 +0200
From:   Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Junaid Shahid <junaids@...gle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 9/9] KVM: x86: drop superfluous mmu_check_root() from fast_pgd_switch()

The mmu_check_root() check in fast_pgd_switch() seems to be
superfluous: when GPA is outside of the visible range
cached_root_available() will fail for non-direct roots
(as we can't have a matching one on the list) and we don't
seem to care for direct ones.

Also, raising #TF immediately when a non-existent GFN is written to CR3
doesn't seem to mach architectural behavior. Drop the check.

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 13ec3c30eda2..50a923696bf1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -4277,8 +4277,7 @@ static bool fast_pgd_switch(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t new_pgd,
 	 */
 	if (mmu->shadow_root_level >= PT64_ROOT_4LEVEL &&
 	    mmu->root_level >= PT64_ROOT_4LEVEL)
-		return !mmu_check_root(vcpu, new_pgd >> PAGE_SHIFT) &&
-		       cached_root_available(vcpu, new_pgd, new_role);
+		return cached_root_available(vcpu, new_pgd, new_role);
 
 	return false;
 }
-- 
2.25.4