Re: [PATCH 1/4] KVM: MMU: fix forgot reserved bits check in speculativepath

From: Xiao Guangrong
Date: Wed Jul 14 2010 - 09:28:55 EST




Avi Kivity wrote:

>> +
>> + if (!!is_pae(vcpu) != sp->role.cr4_pae ||
>> + is_nx(vcpu) != sp->role.nxe)
>> + continue;
>> +
>>
>
> Do we also need to check cr0.wp? I think so.

I think it's not too bad since we just decrease the access right, for example,
we mark the mapping readonly for cr0.wp=0's page, the later write-access will
cause #PF, and the read-access is OK.

>
>> if (gentry)
>> mmu_pte_write_new_pte(vcpu, sp, spte,&gentry);
>>
>
> Please move the checks to mmu_pte_write_new_pte(), it's a more logical
> place.
>
> It means the reserved bits check happens multiple times, but that's ok.
>

OK

> Also, you can use arch.mmu.base_role to compare:
>
> static const kvm_mmu_page_role mask = { .level = -1U, .cr4_pae = 1,
> ... };
>
> if ((sp->role.word ^ base_role.word) & mask.word)
> return;

OK, will update it :-)
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