linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH 2/9] KVM: x86/mmu: Set shadow_accessed

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Message-ID: <20240801183453.57199-3-seanjc@google.com>
Date: Thu,  1 Aug 2024 11:34:46 -0700
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH 2/9] KVM: x86/mmu: Set shadow_accessed_mask for EPT even
 if A/D bits disabled

Now that KVM doesn't use shadow_accessed_mask to detect if hardware A/D
bits are enabled, set shadow_accessed_mask for EPT even when A/D bits
are disabled in hardware.  This will allow using shadow_accessed_mask for
software purposes, e.g. to preserve accessed status in a non-present SPTE.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c
index b713a6542eeb..cae45825617c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ void kvm_mmu_set_ept_masks(bool has_ad_bits, bool has_exec_only)
 	kvm_ad_enabled		= has_ad_bits;
 
 	shadow_user_mask	= VMX_EPT_READABLE_MASK;
-	shadow_accessed_mask	= has_ad_bits ? VMX_EPT_ACCESS_BIT : 0ull;
+	shadow_accessed_mask	= VMX_EPT_ACCESS_BIT;
 	shadow_dirty_mask	= has_ad_bits ? VMX_EPT_DIRTY_BIT : 0ull;
 	shadow_nx_mask		= 0ull;
 	shadow_x_mask		= VMX_EPT_EXECUTABLE_MASK;
-- 
2.46.0.rc1.232.g9752f9e123-goog