linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: SVM: Make sure GHCB is mapped before updating

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Date:   Thu, 8 Apr 2021 18:14:27 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: SVM: Make sure GHCB is mapped before updating

On 08/04/21 18:04, Tom Lendacky wrote:
>>>> +       if (!err || !sev_es_guest(vcpu->kvm) || !WARN_ON_ONCE(svm->ghcb))
>>> This should be WARN_ON_ONCE(!svm->ghcb), otherwise you'll get the right
>>> result, but get a stack trace immediately.
>> Doh, yep.
> Actually, because of the "or's", this needs to be:
> 
> if (!err || !sev_es_guest(vcpu->kvm) || (sev_es_guest(vcpu->kvm) && WARN_ON_ONCE(!svm->ghcb)))

No, || cuts the right-hand side if the left-hand side is true.  So:

- if err == 0, the rest is not evaluated

- if !sev_es_guest(vcpu->kvm), WARN_ON_ONCE(!svm->ghcb) is not evaluated

Paolo