linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 01/31] KVM: MMU: pass unadulterated gpa to direct_page

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Date:   Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:31:22 -0400
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     dmatlack@...gle.com, seanjc@...gle.com
Subject: [PATCH v3 01/31] KVM: MMU: pass unadulterated gpa to direct_page_fault

Do not bother removing the low bits of the gpa.  This masking dates back
to the very first commit of KVM but it is unnecessary, as exemplified
by the other call in kvm_tdp_page_fault.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 7ef9c001d1b6..376e90f4f413 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -4018,7 +4018,7 @@ static int nonpaging_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t gpa,
 	pgprintk("%s: gva %lx error %x\n", __func__, gpa, error_code);
 
 	/* This path builds a PAE pagetable, we can map 2mb pages at maximum. */
-	return direct_page_fault(vcpu, gpa & PAGE_MASK, error_code, prefault,
+	return direct_page_fault(vcpu, gpa, error_code, prefault,
 				 PG_LEVEL_2M, false);
 }
 
-- 
2.27.0