linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 07/10] KVM: x86: Always populate L1 GPA for KVM_MAP

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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 17:11:57 +0000
From: "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
To: "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, "Yamahata, Isaku"
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 07/10] KVM: x86: Always populate L1 GPA for
 KVM_MAP_MEMORY

On Wed, 2024-04-10 at 15:07 -0700, isaku.yamahata@...el.com wrote:
> +       /* Force to use L1 GPA despite of vcpu MMU mode. */
> +       is_smm = !!(vcpu->arch.hflags & HF_SMM_MASK);
> +       if (is_smm ||
> +           vcpu->arch.mmu != &vcpu->arch.root_mmu ||
> +           vcpu->arch.walk_mmu != &vcpu->arch.root_mmu) {
> +               vcpu->arch.hflags &= ~HF_SMM_MASK;

0-day informs me that the definition for HF_SMM_MASK depends on CONFIG_KVM_SMM.

> +               mmu = vcpu->arch.mmu;
> +               walk_mmu = vcpu->arch.walk_mmu;
> +               vcpu->arch.mmu = &vcpu->arch.root_mmu;
> +               vcpu->arch.walk_mmu = &vcpu->arch.root_mmu;
> +               kvm_mmu_reset_context(vcpu);
> +       }
> +