Re: [PATCH 2/3] KVM: x86: Avoid guest page table walk when gpa_available is set

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Fri Aug 18 2017 - 08:38:07 EST


On 18/08/2017 14:36, Radim KrÄmÃÅ wrote:
>>> + gpa = vcpu->arch.gpa_val;
>>> + ret = vcpu_is_mmio_gpa(vcpu, addr, gpa, write);
>>> + } else {
>>> + ret = vcpu_mmio_gva_to_gpa(vcpu, addr, &gpa, exception, write);
>>> }
>>>
>>> - ret = vcpu_mmio_gva_to_gpa(vcpu, addr, &gpa, exception, write);
>>> -
>>> if (ret < 0)
>>> return X86EMUL_PROPAGATE_FAULT;
>> just wondering if it makes sense to move this into the else branch (as
>> it logically only belongs to vcpu_mmio_gva_to_gpa)
>
> It does, I took the liberty to change that.

It was on purpose, but it's okay either way. :)

Paolo