[PATCH 01/10] X86/nVMX: handle_vmon: Read 4 bytes from guest memory instead of map->read->unmap sequence

From: KarimAllah Ahmed
Date: Wed Feb 21 2018 - 12:47:48 EST


... which also avoids using kvm_vcpu_gpa_to_page() and kmap() which assumes
that there is a "struct page" for guest memory.

Suggested-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: KarimAllah Ahmed <karahmed@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 14 +++-----------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 19a150b..cf696e2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -7562,7 +7562,7 @@ static int handle_vmon(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
int ret;
gpa_t vmptr;
- struct page *page;
+ uint32_t revision;
struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
const u64 VMXON_NEEDED_FEATURES = FEATURE_CONTROL_LOCKED
| FEATURE_CONTROL_VMXON_ENABLED_OUTSIDE_SMX;
@@ -7608,19 +7608,11 @@ static int handle_vmon(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
return kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
}

- page = kvm_vcpu_gpa_to_page(vcpu, vmptr);
- if (is_error_page(page)) {
+ if (kvm_read_guest(vcpu->kvm, vmptr, &revision, sizeof(revision)) ||
+ revision != VMCS12_REVISION) {
nested_vmx_failInvalid(vcpu);
return kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
}
- if (*(u32 *)kmap(page) != VMCS12_REVISION) {
- kunmap(page);
- kvm_release_page_clean(page);
- nested_vmx_failInvalid(vcpu);
- return kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
- }
- kunmap(page);
- kvm_release_page_clean(page);

vmx->nested.vmxon_ptr = vmptr;
ret = enter_vmx_operation(vcpu);
--
2.7.4