Re: [RTF] kvm:x86:Fix error checking in the function pf_interception

[Joerg Roedel]

On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 10:10:23PM -0400, Nicholas Krause wrote:
> This fixes error checking in the function pf_interception by
> checking if the call to kvm_mmu_unprotect_page_virt returns
> zero to indicate the function has failed internally and if
> this occurs we must return immediately to the caller of the
> function pf_interception with the return value of zero from
> the call to the function kvm_mmu_unprotect_page_virt to indicate
> failure to the caller of the function pf_interception.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Krause <xerofoify@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> index 8e0c084..a57aee1 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> @@ -1814,8 +1814,11 @@ static int pf_interception(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
>  		error_code = svm->vmcb->control.exit_info_1;
>  
>  		trace_kvm_page_fault(fault_address, error_code);
> -		if (!npt_enabled && kvm_event_needs_reinjection(&svm->vcpu))
> -			kvm_mmu_unprotect_page_virt(&svm->vcpu, fault_address);
> +		if (!npt_enabled && kvm_event_needs_reinjection(&svm->vcpu)) {
> +			r = kvm_mmu_unprotect_page_virt(&svm->vcpu, fault_address);
> +			if (!r)
> +				break;
> +		}

NAK. kvm_mmu_unprotect_page_virt does not return an error but whether it
unprotected a page or not. This patch breaks SVM.

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