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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Peter Feiner <pfeiner@google.com>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, jan.kiszka@siemens.com
Subject: Re: [kvm-unit-tests 0/5] Split large EPT mappings properly
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 22:13:33 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <56D605FD.5020107@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1456860622-31251-1-git-send-email-pfeiner@google.com>



On 01/03/2016 20:30, Peter Feiner wrote:
> install_ept_entry would overwrite arbitrary memory when it encountered
> a large page.
> 
> I discovered the bug while working on a simple multi-page allocator,
> which I'm using for huge page testing, that sorts the free list in
> ascending order of HPA.
> 
> Peter Feiner (5):
>   x86: vmx.h: trivial whitespace fixes
>   x86: vmx: Named constant: EPT_ADDR_MASK
>   x86: vmx: Named constant: EPT_LEVEL_SHIFT
>   x86: vmx: split large EPTEs in install_ept_entry
>   x86: vmx: don't explicitly split identity EPT map
> 
>  x86/vmx.c       | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>  x86/vmx.h       |  9 +++++---
>  x86/vmx_tests.c |  7 -------
>  3 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

Looks good apart for not reusing PAGE_MASK in patch 2.  Thanks!

Paolo

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-03-01 21:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-03-01 19:30 [kvm-unit-tests 0/5] Split large EPT mappings properly Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 19:30 ` [kvm-unit-tests 1/5] x86: vmx.h: trivial whitespace fixes Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 19:30 ` [kvm-unit-tests 2/5] x86: vmx: Named constant: EPT_ADDR_MASK Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 21:12   ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-01 21:16     ` Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 21:27       ` Jan Kiszka
2016-03-01 21:36         ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-01 19:30 ` [kvm-unit-tests 3/5] x86: vmx: Named constant: EPT_LEVEL_SHIFT Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 19:30 ` [kvm-unit-tests 4/5] x86: vmx: split large EPTEs in install_ept_entry Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 19:30 ` [kvm-unit-tests 5/5] x86: vmx: don't explicitly split identity EPT map Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 21:13 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2016-03-01 22:34 ` [kvm-unit-tests v2 0/6] Split large EPT mappings properly Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 22:34   ` [kvm-unit-tests v2 1/6] x86: vmx.h: trivial whitespace fixes Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 22:34   ` [kvm-unit-tests v2 2/6] lib: generic bitops.h Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 22:34   ` [kvm-unit-tests v2 3/6] x86: vmx: Named constant: EPT_ADDR_MASK Peter Feiner
2016-03-02  6:24     ` Jan Kiszka
2016-03-02  8:47       ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-02 16:50         ` Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 22:34   ` [kvm-unit-tests v2 4/6] x86: vmx: Named constant: EPT_LEVEL_SHIFT Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 22:34   ` [kvm-unit-tests v2 5/6] x86: vmx: split large EPTEs in install_ept_entry Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 22:34   ` [kvm-unit-tests v2 6/6] x86: vmx: don't explicitly split identity EPT map Peter Feiner
2016-03-02 17:10 ` [kvm-unit-tests v3 0/6] Split large EPT mappings properly Peter Feiner
2016-03-02 17:10   ` [kvm-unit-tests v3 1/6] x86: vmx.h: trivial whitespace fixes Peter Feiner
2016-03-02 17:10   ` [kvm-unit-tests v3 2/6] lib: generic bitops.h Peter Feiner
2016-03-02 18:13     ` Andrew Jones
2016-03-02 17:10   ` [kvm-unit-tests v3 3/6] x86: vmx: Named constant: EPT_ADDR_MASK Peter Feiner
2016-03-02 17:10   ` [kvm-unit-tests v3 4/6] x86: vmx: Named constant: EPT_LEVEL_SHIFT Peter Feiner
2016-03-02 17:10   ` [kvm-unit-tests v3 5/6] x86: vmx: split large EPTEs in install_ept_entry Peter Feiner
2016-03-02 17:10   ` [kvm-unit-tests v3 6/6] x86: vmx: don't explicitly split identity EPT map Peter Feiner

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