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Subject[PATCH 10/46] Revert "KVM: x86: check for cr3 validity in ioctl_set_sregs"
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From: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>

This reverts commit 6c20e1442bb1c62914bb85b7f4a38973d2a423ba.

To my understanding, it became obsolete with the advent of the more
robust check in mmu_alloc_roots (89da4ff17f). Moreover, it prevents
the conceptually safe pattern

1. set sregs
2. register mem-slots
3. run vcpu

by setting a sticky triple fault during step 1.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 8 +-------
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 6dde99c..0e74d98 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -4326,13 +4326,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_sregs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,

vcpu->arch.cr2 = sregs->cr2;
mmu_reset_needed |= vcpu->arch.cr3 != sregs->cr3;
-
- down_read(&vcpu->kvm->slots_lock);
- if (gfn_to_memslot(vcpu->kvm, sregs->cr3 >> PAGE_SHIFT))
- vcpu->arch.cr3 = sregs->cr3;
- else
- set_bit(KVM_REQ_TRIPLE_FAULT, &vcpu->requests);
- up_read(&vcpu->kvm->slots_lock);
+ vcpu->arch.cr3 = sregs->cr3;

kvm_set_cr8(vcpu, sregs->cr8);

--
1.6.4.1


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