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From: Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>, Bandan Das <bsd@redhat.com>,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] mmu: don't set the present bit unconditionally
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2016 15:18:31 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5774C7C7.2080501@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3b4a6bb6-4364-b188-48da-be79c0dc7534@redhat.com>



On 06/29/2016 04:18 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>
>
> On 29/06/2016 05:17, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
>>>
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
>>> @@ -2516,13 +2516,17 @@ static int set_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64
>>> *sptep,
>>>                gfn_t gfn, kvm_pfn_t pfn, bool speculative,
>>>                bool can_unsync, bool host_writable)
>>>    {
>>> -    u64 spte;
>>> +    u64 spte = 0;
>>>        int ret = 0;
>>> +    struct kvm_mmu *context = &vcpu->arch.mmu;
>>> +    bool execonly = !(context->guest_rsvd_check.bad_mt_xwr &
>>> +              (1ull << VMX_EPT_EXECUTABLE_MASK));
>>
>> Could we introduce a new field, say execonly, to "struct kvm_mmu"?
>> That would make the code be more clearer.
>
> Given how execonly is used, let's add shadow_present_mask instead.

Yup, it is better.

  reply	other threads:[~2016-06-30  7:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-06-28  4:32 [PATCH 0/5] Add support for EPT execute only for nested hypervisors Bandan Das
2016-06-28  4:32 ` [PATCH 1/5] mmu: mark spte present if the x bit is set Bandan Das
2016-06-28  8:44   ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-06-28 17:33     ` Bandan Das
2016-06-28 20:17       ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-06-28 20:37         ` Bandan Das
2016-06-28 20:49           ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-06-28 21:04             ` Bandan Das
2016-06-29  3:01             ` Xiao Guangrong
2016-07-05  3:06             ` Wanpeng Li
2016-07-05 10:50               ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-07-05 11:29                 ` Wanpeng Li
2016-06-28  4:32 ` [PATCH 2/5] mmu: pass execonly value when initializing rsvd bits Bandan Das
2016-06-29  3:07   ` Xiao Guangrong
2016-06-28  4:32 ` [PATCH 3/5] mmu: don't set the present bit unconditionally Bandan Das
2016-06-28  8:57   ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-06-28 17:30     ` Bandan Das
2016-06-28 20:21       ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-07-05  5:50     ` Wanpeng Li
2016-07-05 10:50       ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-06-29  3:17   ` Xiao Guangrong
2016-06-29  8:18     ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-06-30  7:18       ` Xiao Guangrong [this message]
2016-06-28  4:32 ` [PATCH 4/5] mmu: remove is_present_gpte() Bandan Das
2016-06-28  4:32 ` [PATCH 5/5] nvmx: advertise support for ept execute only Bandan Das

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