[PATCH V3 11/12] KVM: X86/MMU: Don't use mmu->pae_root when shadowing PAE NPT in 64-bit host

From: Lai Jiangshan
Date: Sat May 21 2022 - 09:18:01 EST


From: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Allocate the tables when allocating the local shadow page.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 17 +++++++++--------
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 63c2b2c6122c..73e6a8e1e1a9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -1809,10 +1809,12 @@ static bool using_local_root_page(struct kvm_mmu *mmu)
* 2 or 3 levels of local shadow pages on top of non-local shadow pages.
*
* Local shadow pages are locally allocated. If the local shadow page's level
- * is PT32E_ROOT_LEVEL, it will use the preallocated mmu->pae_root for its
- * sp->spt. Because sp->spt may need to be put in the 32 bits CR3 (even in
- * x86_64) or decrypted. Using the preallocated one to handle these
- * requirements makes the allocation simpler.
+ * is PT32E_ROOT_LEVEL, and it is not shadowing nested NPT for 32-bit L1 in
+ * 64-bit L0 (or said when the shadow pagetable's level is PT32E_ROOT_LEVEL),
+ * it will use the preallocated mmu->pae_root for its sp->spt. Because sp->spt
+ * need to be put in the 32-bit CR3 (even in 64-bit host) or decrypted. Using
+ * the preallocated one to handle these requirements makes the allocation
+ * simpler.
*
* Local shadow pages are only visible to local VCPU except through
* sp->parent_ptes rmap from their children, so they are not in the
@@ -1852,13 +1854,12 @@ kvm_mmu_alloc_local_shadow_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, union kvm_mmu_page_role r
sp->gfn = 0;
sp->role = role;
/*
- * Use the preallocated mmu->pae_root when the shadow page's
- * level is PT32E_ROOT_LEVEL which may need to be put in the 32 bits
+ * Use the preallocated mmu->pae_root when the shadow pagetable's
+ * level is PT32E_ROOT_LEVEL which need to be put in the 32 bits
* CR3 (even in x86_64) or decrypted. The preallocated one is prepared
* for the requirements.
*/
- if (role.level == PT32E_ROOT_LEVEL &&
- !WARN_ON_ONCE(!vcpu->arch.mmu->pae_root))
+ if (vcpu->arch.mmu->root_role.level == PT32E_ROOT_LEVEL)
sp->spt = vcpu->arch.mmu->pae_root;
else
sp->spt = kvm_mmu_memory_cache_alloc(&vcpu->arch.mmu_shadow_page_cache);
--
2.19.1.6.gb485710b