Re: [PATCH] KVM: SVM: Make sure GHCB is mapped before updating

From: Tom Lendacky
Date: Thu Apr 08 2021 - 12:18:51 EST


On 4/8/21 11:14 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 08/04/21 18:04, Tom Lendacky wrote:
>>>>> +       if (!err || !sev_es_guest(vcpu->kvm) ||
>>>>> !WARN_ON_ONCE(svm->ghcb))
>>>> This should be WARN_ON_ONCE(!svm->ghcb), otherwise you'll get the right
>>>> result, but get a stack trace immediately.
>>> Doh, yep.
>> Actually, because of the "or's", this needs to be:
>>
>> if (!err || !sev_es_guest(vcpu->kvm) || (sev_es_guest(vcpu->kvm) &&
>> WARN_ON_ONCE(!svm->ghcb)))
>
> No, || cuts the right-hand side if the left-hand side is true.  So:
>
> - if err == 0, the rest is not evaluated
>
> - if !sev_es_guest(vcpu->kvm), WARN_ON_ONCE(!svm->ghcb) is not evaluated

That's what I was doing in my head, but I guess I need more coffee... :)

Thanks,
Tom

>
> Paolo
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