Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86/mmu: avoid accidentally go to shadow path for 0 count tdp root

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Thu Nov 10 2022 - 11:54:29 EST


On Thu, Nov 10, 2022, Yan Zhao wrote:
> kvm mmu uses "if (is_tdp_mmu(vcpu->arch.mmu))" to choose between tdp mmu
> and shadow path.
> If a root is a tdp mmu page while its root_count is 0, it's not valid to
> go to the shadow path.
>
> So, return true and add a warn on zero root count.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.h | 6 +++++-
> 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.h
> index c163f7cc23ca..58b4881654a9 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.h
> @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ static inline bool is_tdp_mmu(struct kvm_mmu *mmu)
> {
> struct kvm_mmu_page *sp;
> hpa_t hpa = mmu->root.hpa;
> + bool is_tdp;
>
> if (WARN_ON(!VALID_PAGE(hpa)))
> return false;
> @@ -84,7 +85,10 @@ static inline bool is_tdp_mmu(struct kvm_mmu *mmu)
> * pae_root page, not a shadow page.
> */
> sp = to_shadow_page(hpa);
> - return sp && is_tdp_mmu_page(sp) && sp->root_count;
> + is_tdp = sp && is_tdp_mmu_page(sp);
> + WARN_ON(is_tdp && !refcount_read(&sp->tdp_mmu_root_count));
> +
> + return is_tdp;

I have a series/patch that drops this code entirely, I would rather just go that
route directly.

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