[PATCH 1/2] KVM: nSVM: Simplify error handling of nested_svm_copy_vmcb12_to_cache()
From: Yosry Ahmed
Date: Thu Mar 05 2026 - 15:35:20 EST
nested_svm_vmrun() currently stores the return value of
nested_svm_copy_vmcb12_to_cache() in a local variable 'err', separate
from the generally used 'ret' variable. This is done to have a single
call to kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(), such that we can store the
return value of kvm_skip_emulated_instruction() in 'ret', and then
re-check the return value of nested_svm_copy_vmcb12_to_cache() in 'err'.
The code is unnecessarily confusing. Instead, call
kvm_skip_emulated_instruction() in the failure path of
nested_svm_copy_vmcb12_to_cache() if the return value is not -EFAULT,
and drop 'err'.
Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 23 ++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index b191c6cab57db..54227bacc12e4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ static int nested_svm_copy_vmcb12_to_cache(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 vmcb12_gpa
int nested_svm_vmrun(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
- int ret, err;
+ int ret;
u64 vmcb12_gpa;
struct vmcb *vmcb01 = svm->vmcb01.ptr;
@@ -1104,19 +1104,20 @@ int nested_svm_vmrun(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
return -EINVAL;
vmcb12_gpa = svm->vmcb->save.rax;
- err = nested_svm_copy_vmcb12_to_cache(vcpu, vmcb12_gpa);
- if (err == -EFAULT) {
- kvm_inject_gp(vcpu, 0);
- return 1;
+ ret = nested_svm_copy_vmcb12_to_cache(vcpu, vmcb12_gpa);
+ if (ret) {
+ /*
+ * Advance RIP if #GP or #UD are not injected, but otherwise
+ * stop if copying and checking vmcb12 failed.
+ */
+ if (ret == -EFAULT) {
+ kvm_inject_gp(vcpu, 0);
+ return 1;
+ }
+ return kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
}
- /*
- * Advance RIP if #GP or #UD are not injected, but otherwise stop if
- * copying and checking vmcb12 failed.
- */
ret = kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
- if (err)
- return ret;
/*
* Since vmcb01 is not in use, we can use it to store some of the L1
--
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