[PATCH 4/4] KVM: x86: apply guest MTRR virtualization on host reserved pages

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Wed Jul 08 2015 - 11:19:15 EST


Currently guest MTRR is avoided if kvm_is_reserved_pfn returns true.
However, the guest could prefer a different page type than UC for
such pages. A good example is that pass-throughed VGA frame buffer is
not always UC as host expected.

This patch enables full use of virtual guest MTRRs.

Suggested-by: Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 7 ++-----
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 11 +++--------
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index d36cfaf5a97a..bbc678a66b18 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -1166,14 +1166,11 @@ static u64 svm_get_mt_mask(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gfn_t gfn, bool is_mmio)
u8 mtrr;

/*
- * 1. MMIO: always map as UC
+ * 1. MMIO: trust guest MTRR, so same as item 3.
* 2. No passthrough: always map as WB, and force guest PAT to WB as well
* 3. Passthrough: can't guarantee the result, try to trust guest.
*/
- if (is_mmio)
- return _PAGE_NOCACHE;
-
- if (!kvm_arch_has_assigned_device(vcpu->kvm))
+ if (!is_mmio && !kvm_arch_has_assigned_device(vcpu->kvm))
return 0;

mtrr = kvm_mtrr_get_guest_memory_type(vcpu, gfn);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index e856dd566f4c..5b4e9384717a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -8632,22 +8632,17 @@ static u64 vmx_get_mt_mask(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gfn_t gfn, bool is_mmio)
u64 ipat = 0;

/* For VT-d and EPT combination
- * 1. MMIO: always map as UC
+ * 1. MMIO: guest may want to apply WC, trust it.
* 2. EPT with VT-d:
* a. VT-d without snooping control feature: can't guarantee the
- * result, try to trust guest.
+ * result, try to trust guest. So the same as item 1.
* b. VT-d with snooping control feature: snooping control feature of
* VT-d engine can guarantee the cache correctness. Just set it
* to WB to keep consistent with host. So the same as item 3.
* 3. EPT without VT-d: always map as WB and set IPAT=1 to keep
* consistent with host MTRR
*/
- if (is_mmio) {
- cache = MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE;
- goto exit;
- }
-
- if (!kvm_arch_has_noncoherent_dma(vcpu->kvm)) {
+ if (!is_mmio && !kvm_arch_has_noncoherent_dma(vcpu->kvm)) {
ipat = VMX_EPT_IPAT_BIT;
cache = MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK;
goto exit;
--
1.8.3.1

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