Re: [PATCH 22/27] KVM: MMU: Refactor mmu_alloc_roots function

From: Roedel, Joerg
Date: Wed Sep 08 2010 - 05:19:10 EST


On Wed, Sep 08, 2010 at 03:16:59AM -0400, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 09/07/2010 11:39 PM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> >
> >> @@ -2406,16 +2441,11 @@ static int mmu_alloc_roots(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >> root_gfn = pdptr>> PAGE_SHIFT;
> >> if (mmu_check_root(vcpu, root_gfn))
> >> return 1;
> >> - } else if (vcpu->arch.mmu.root_level == 0)
> >> - root_gfn = 0;
> >> - if (vcpu->arch.mmu.direct_map) {
> >> - direct = 1;
> >> - root_gfn = i<< 30;
> >> }
> >> spin_lock(&vcpu->kvm->mmu_lock);
> >> kvm_mmu_free_some_pages(vcpu);
> >> sp = kvm_mmu_get_page(vcpu, root_gfn, i<< 30,
> >> - PT32_ROOT_LEVEL, direct,
> >> + PT32_ROOT_LEVEL, 0,
> >> ACC_ALL, NULL);
> > Should not write protect the gfn for nonpaging mode.
> >
>
> nonpaging mode should have direct_map set, so wouldn't enter this path
> at all.

Hmm, actually the nonpaging path does not set direct_map. I'll fix this
too in v4. Thanks.

Joerg

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