Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] KVM: x86: Fold decache_cr3() into cache_reg()

[Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>]

On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 12:58:53PM +0200, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> writes:
> 
> > Handle caching CR3 (from VMX's VMCS) into struct kvm_vcpu via the common
> > cache_reg() callback and drop the dedicated decache_cr3().  The name
> > decache_cr3() is somewhat confusing as the caching behavior of CR3
> > follows that of GPRs, RFLAGS and PDPTRs, (handled via cache_reg()), and
> > has nothing in common with the caching behavior of CR0/CR4 (whose
> > decache_cr{0,4}_guest_bits() likely provided the 'decache' verbiage).
> >
> > Note, this effectively adds a BUG() if KVM attempts to cache CR3 on SVM.
> > Opportunistically add a WARN_ON_ONCE() in VMX to provide an equivalent
> > check.
> 
> Just to justify my idea of replacing such occasions with
> KVM_INTERNAL_ERROR by setting a special 'kill ASAP' bit somewhere:
> 
> This WARN_ON_ONCE() falls in the same category (IMO).

Maybe something like KVM_BUG_ON?  E.g.:

#define KVM_BUG_ON(kvm, cond)		\
({					\
	int r;				\
					\
	if (r = WARN_ON_ONCE(cond))	\
		kvm->vm_bugged = true;	\
	r;				\
)}
	

> > Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
> > ---

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> Reviewed (and Tested-On-Amd-By:): Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>

Thanks for the reviews and for testing on AMD!