Re: [PATCH v7 5/8] KVM: x86/mmu: Don't pass FOLL_GET to __kvm_follow_pfn

From: Isaku Yamahata
Date: Wed Jul 05 2023 - 22:10:23 EST


On Tue, Jul 04, 2023 at 04:50:50PM +0900,
David Stevens <stevensd@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c
> index cf2c6426a6fc..46c681dc45e6 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c
> @@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ bool make_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp,
> const struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
> unsigned int pte_access, gfn_t gfn, kvm_pfn_t pfn,
> u64 old_spte, bool prefetch, bool can_unsync,
> - bool host_writable, u64 *new_spte)
> + bool host_writable, bool is_refcounted, u64 *new_spte)
> {
> int level = sp->role.level;
> u64 spte = SPTE_MMU_PRESENT_MASK;
> @@ -188,6 +188,8 @@ bool make_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp,
>
> if (level > PG_LEVEL_4K)
> spte |= PT_PAGE_SIZE_MASK;
> + else if (is_refcounted)
> + spte |= SPTE_MMU_PAGE_REFCOUNTED;

Is REFCOUNTED for 4K page only? What guarantees that large page doesn't have
FOLL_GET? or can we set the bit for large page?


>
> if (shadow_memtype_mask)
> spte |= static_call(kvm_x86_get_mt_mask)(vcpu, gfn,

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Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>