[PATCH v2 1/6] KVM: MMU: retain more available bits on mmio spte

From: Xiao Guangrong
Date: Mon Apr 01 2013 - 05:57:39 EST


Let mmio spte only use bit62 and bit63 on upper 32 bits, then bit 52 ~ bit 61
can be used for other purposes

Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 4 ++--
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 8 +++++++-
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 03f5746..915ef56 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -3983,10 +3983,10 @@ static void ept_set_mmio_spte_mask(void)
/*
* EPT Misconfigurations can be generated if the value of bits 2:0
* of an EPT paging-structure entry is 110b (write/execute).
- * Also, magic bits (0xffull << 49) is set to quickly identify mmio
+ * Also, magic bits (0x3ull << 62) is set to quickly identify mmio
* spte.
*/
- kvm_mmu_set_mmio_spte_mask(0xffull << 49 | 0x6ull);
+ kvm_mmu_set_mmio_spte_mask((0x3ull << 62) | 0x6ull);
}

/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 9ce99ed..12ad5b5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -5194,7 +5194,13 @@ static void kvm_set_mmio_spte_mask(void)
* Set the reserved bits and the present bit of an paging-structure
* entry to generate page fault with PFER.RSV = 1.
*/
- mask = ((1ull << (62 - maxphyaddr + 1)) - 1) << maxphyaddr;
+ /* Mask the reserved physical address bits. */
+ mask = ((1ull << (51 - maxphyaddr + 1)) - 1) << maxphyaddr;
+
+ /* Bit 62 is always reserved for 32bit host. */
+ mask |= 0x3ull << 62;
+
+ /* Set the present bit. */
mask |= 1ull;

#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
--
1.7.7.6

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