linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/6] KVM: nSVM: mark vmcb as dirty when forcingly leaving the guest mode

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Message-Id: <20210106105001.449974-7-mlevitsk@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed,  6 Jan 2021 12:50:01 +0200
From:   Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
To:     kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org (open list:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND
        64-BIT)), Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        x86@...nel.org (maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)),
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] KVM: nSVM: mark vmcb as dirty when forcingly leaving the guest mode

We overwrite most of vmcb fields while doing so, so we must
mark it as dirty.

Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 3aa18016832d0..de3dbb5407206 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -763,6 +763,7 @@ void svm_leave_nested(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 		leave_guest_mode(&svm->vcpu);
 		copy_vmcb_control_area(&vmcb->control, &hsave->control);
 		nested_svm_uninit_mmu_context(&svm->vcpu);
+		vmcb_mark_all_dirty(svm->vmcb);
 	}
 
 	kvm_clear_request(KVM_REQ_GET_NESTED_STATE_PAGES, &svm->vcpu);
-- 
2.26.2