Thread (55 messages) 55 messages, 6 authors, 2023-09-06

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

From: David Stevens <hidden>
Date: 2023-07-06 05:18:25
Also in: kvm, kvmarm, linux-arm-kernel, lkml

On Thu, Jul 6, 2023 at 11:10 AM Isaku Yamahata [off-list ref] wrote:
On Tue, Jul 04, 2023 at 04:50:50PM +0900,
David Stevens [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted
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?
Oh, you're right, it should apply to >4K pages as well. This was based
on stale thinking from earlier versions of this series.

-David
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