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SubjectRe: [PATCH] KVM: x86: VMX: Make smaller physical guest address space support user-configurable
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On 29/09/20 13:59, Qian Cai wrote:
>
> WARN_ON_ONCE(!allow_smaller_maxphyaddr);
>
> I noticed the origin patch did not have this WARN_ON_ONCE(), but the mainline
> commit b96e6506c2ea ("KVM: x86: VMX: Make smaller physical guest address space
> support user-configurable") does have it for some reasons.

Because that part of the code should not be reached. The exception
bitmap is set up with

if (!vmx_need_pf_intercept(vcpu))
eb &= ~(1u << PF_VECTOR);

where

static inline bool vmx_need_pf_intercept(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
if (!enable_ept)
return true;

return allow_smaller_maxphyaddr &&
cpuid_maxphyaddr(vcpu) < boot_cpu_data.x86_phys_bits;
}

We shouldn't get here if "enable_ept && !allow_smaller_maxphyaddr",
which implies vmx_need_pf_intercept(vcpu) == false. So the warning is
genuine; I've sent a patch.

Paolo

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