[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [PATCH] x86/shadow: replace p2m_is_valid() uses
On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 07:55:42AM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 12.03.2025 13:30, Roger Pau Monné wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 12:30:40PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> The justification for dropping p2m_mmio_dm from p2m_is_valid() was wrong > >> for two of the shadow mode uses. > >> > >> In _sh_propagate() we want to create special L1 entries for p2m_mmio_dm > >> pages. Hence we need to make sure we don't bail early for that type. > >> > >> In _sh_page_fault() we want to handle p2m_mmio_dm by forwarding to > >> (internal or external) emulation. Pull the !p2m_is_mmio() check out of > >> the || expression (as otherwise it would need adding to the lhs as > >> well). > >> > >> In both cases, p2m_is_valid() in combination with p2m_is_grant() still > >> doesn't cover foreign mappings. Hence use p2m_is_any_ram() plus (as > >> necessary) p2m_mmio_* instead. > >> > >> Fixes: be59cceb2dbb ("x86/P2M: don't include MMIO_DM in p2m_is_valid()") > >> Reported-by: Luca Fancellu <Luca.Fancellu@xxxxxxx> > >> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> > > > > Acked-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Thanks. > > >> @@ -2366,8 +2371,8 @@ static int cf_check sh_page_fault( > >> gmfn = get_gfn(d, gfn, &p2mt); > >> > >> if ( shadow_mode_refcounts(d) && > >> - ((!p2m_is_valid(p2mt) && !p2m_is_grant(p2mt)) || > >> - (!p2m_is_mmio(p2mt) && !mfn_valid(gmfn))) ) > >> + !p2m_is_mmio(p2mt) && > >> + (!p2m_is_any_ram(p2mt) || !mfn_valid(gmfn)) ) > > > > Would you mind adding some comment here about the need to forward > > p2m_mmio_dm to the emulation, and hence not possible to short-circuit > > here? > > Will this do? > > /* > * p2m_mmio_dm in particular is handled further down, and hence can't be > * short-circuited here. Furthermore, while not fitting with architectural > * behavior, propagating #PF to the guest when a sensible shadow entry > * can't be written is necessary. Without doing so (by installing a non- > * present entry) we'd get back right here immediately afterwards, thus > * preventing the guest from making further forward progress. > */ LGTM. Thanks, Roger.
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