Re: [PATCH 03/22] x86/kvm: Fix frame pointer usage in vmx_vmenter()

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Mon Jul 15 2019 - 14:17:42 EST


On 15/07/19 15:35, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 03:03:23PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> On 15/07/19 14:37, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
>>> Would it make sense to remove the call to vmx_vmenter() altogether, and
>>> just either embed it in __vmx_vcpu_run(), or jmp back and forth to it
>>> from __vmx_vcpu_run()?
>>
>> Unfortunately there's another use of it in nested_vmx_check_vmentry_hw.
>
> Ah, I missed that too (failed by cscope). Is this ok?

Yes, it is. Thanks!

Paolo

> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmenter.S b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmenter.S
> index d4cb1945b2e3..4010d519eb8c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmenter.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmenter.S
> @@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ ENTRY(vmx_vmenter)
> ret
>
> 3: cmpb $0, kvm_rebooting
> - jne 4f
> - call kvm_spurious_fault
> -4: ret
> + je 4f
> + ret
> +4: ud2
>
> .pushsection .fixup, "ax"
> 5: jmp 3b
>