Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] pvh: change epte_get_entry_emt() for pvh mem types

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 22.11.13 at 11:52, George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 22/11/13 01:00, Mukesh Rathor wrote:
>> For pvh guests, epte_get_entry_emt() is incorrectly returning WB for
>> all mem types because of the following check:
>>      if ( !v->domain->arch.hvm_domain.params[HVM_PARAM_IDENT_PT] )
>> Skip the check for pvh guests.
>>
>> Also note, MTRR ranges are not maintained for pvh, and a solution is
>> being contrived using PAT.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>   xen/arch/x86/hvm/mtrr.c |    7 ++++++-
>>   1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/mtrr.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/mtrr.c
>> index 4ff1e55..5427e1c 100644
>> --- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/mtrr.c
>> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/mtrr.c
>> @@ -693,7 +693,8 @@ uint8_t epte_get_entry_emt(struct domain *d, unsigned 
> long gfn, mfn_t mfn,
>>            ((d->vcpu == NULL) || ((v = d->vcpu[0]) == NULL)) )
>>           return MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK;
>>   
>> -    if ( !v->domain->arch.hvm_domain.params[HVM_PARAM_IDENT_PT] )
>> +    if ( !is_pvh_vcpu(v) &&
>> +         !v->domain->arch.hvm_domain.params[HVM_PARAM_IDENT_PT] )
>>           return MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK;
>>   
>>       if ( !mfn_valid(mfn_x(mfn)) )
>> @@ -717,6 +718,10 @@ uint8_t epte_get_entry_emt(struct domain *d, unsigned 
> long gfn, mfn_t mfn,
>>           return MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK;
>>       }
>>   
>> +    /* MTRR ranges are not maintained for pvh. */
>> +    if ( is_pvh_vcpu(v) )
>> +        return MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK;
>> +
>>       gmtrr_mtype = get_mtrr_type(&v->arch.hvm_vcpu.mtrr, (gfn << 
>> PAGE_SHIFT));
>>       hmtrr_mtype = get_mtrr_type(&mtrr_state, (mfn_x(mfn) << PAGE_SHIFT));
>>       return ((gmtrr_mtype <= hmtrr_mtype) ? gmtrr_mtype : hmtrr_mtype);
> 
> So this will bypass the host mtrr settings, and always return WRBACK, 
> even if in mtrr_state it was set to something lower. Presumably that 
> "min(host,guest)" was there for a reason.  Are you sure it's safe to 
> just ignore it?
> 
> This is why I suggested the following instead:
> 
> gmtrr_mtype = is_hvm_domain(v) ?
>          get_mtrr_type(&v->arch.hvm_vcpu.mtrr, (gfn << PAGE_SHIFT)) :
>          MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK;

Indeed, that's what we should use.

Jan


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