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

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Date:   Thu, 8 Apr 2021 11:18:43 -0500
From:   Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.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 4/8/21 11:14 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 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

That's what I was doing in my head, but I guess I need more coffee... :)

Thanks,
Tom

> 
> Paolo
>