Re: [PATCH 5/8] KVM: SVM: fix comment

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Mon Jan 15 2018 - 04:53:38 EST


On 09.01.2018 13:03, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> If always==true, then read/write bits are cleared from
> the MSR permission bitmap, thus passing-through the MSR.
> Fix the comment to match reality.
>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> index 55dde3896898..31ace8d7774a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> @@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ struct amd_svm_iommu_ir {
>
> static const struct svm_direct_access_msrs {
> u32 index; /* Index of the MSR */
> - bool always; /* True if intercept is always on */
> + bool always; /* True if intercept is always off */
> } direct_access_msrs[] = {
> { .index = MSR_STAR, .always = true },
> { .index = MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS, .always = true },
>

The function set_msr_interception() is really named confusingly.

If we pass in a "1", we clear the bit, resulting in no interception.

So 1==no intercept, 0==intercept. This function would be better named
"disable_msr_interception" or sth. like that.

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb