Re: [PATCH v2 2/9] x86/kvm/mmu.c: set get_pdptr hook in kvm_init_shadow_ept_mmu()

From: Vitaly Kuznetsov
Date: Wed Sep 26 2018 - 13:16:08 EST


Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Tue, Sep 25, 2018 at 07:58:37PM +0200, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
>> kvm_init_shadow_ept_mmu() doesn't set get_pdptr() hook and is this
>> not a problem just because MMU context is already initialized and this
>> hook points to kvm_pdptr_read(). As we're intended to use a dedicated
>> MMU for shadow EPT MMU set this hook explicitly.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 2 ++
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
>> index ca79ec0d8060..2bdc63f67886 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
>> @@ -4846,6 +4846,8 @@ void kvm_init_shadow_ept_mmu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool execonly,
>> context->root_level = PT64_ROOT_4LEVEL;
>> context->direct_map = false;
>> context->base_role.word = root_page_role.word & mmu_base_role_mask.word;
>> + context->get_pdptr = kvm_pdptr_read;
>
> Would it make sense to set this in nested_ept_init_mmu_context()
> along with set_cr3, get_cr3 and inject_page_fault? The other MMU
> flows set them as a package deal.

Well, kvm_init_shadow_ept_mmu() has only one call site and reading the
code I was under an impression we set set_cr3/get_cr3/inject_page_fault
in vmx.c just to avoid passing all these vmx-specific functions as
pointers to kvm_init_shadow_ept_mmu(). With get_pdptr() I was thinking
"oh, great, this is not vmx-specific so we can set it in mmu.c" - but I
see your point and I'm ready to budge :-)

>
> Either way...
>
> Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

>
>> +
>> update_permission_bitmask(vcpu, context, true);
>> update_pkru_bitmask(vcpu, context, true);
>> update_last_nonleaf_level(vcpu, context);

--
Vitaly