From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 04/22] KVM: x86: introduce vcpu_gva_to_gpa to cleanup
 the code
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:56:49 +0800
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To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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On 06/29/2011 04:24 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:

>> +static int vcpu_gva_to_gpa(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long gva,
>> +               gpa_t *gpa, struct x86_exception *exception,
>> +               bool write)
>> +{
>> +    u32 access = (kvm_x86_ops->get_cpl(vcpu) == 3) ? PFERR_USER_MASK : 0;
>> +
>> +    if (write)
>> +        access |= PFERR_WRITE_MASK;
> 
> Needs fetch as well so NX/SMEP can work.
> 

This function is only used by read/write emulator, execute permission is
not needed for read/write, no?