[PATCH 03/10] X86/nVMX: Update the PML table without mapping and unmapping the page
From: KarimAllah Ahmed
Date: Wed Feb 21 2018 - 12:55:52 EST
... which also avoids using kvm_vcpu_gpa_to_page(..) which assumes that
there is a "struct page" for guest memory.
Signed-off-by: KarimAllah Ahmed <karahmed@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 13 ++++---------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index e5653d2..0a98d1a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -12111,9 +12111,7 @@ static int vmx_write_pml_buffer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct vmcs12 *vmcs12;
struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
- gpa_t gpa;
- struct page *page = NULL;
- u64 *pml_address;
+ gpa_t gpa, dst;
if (is_guest_mode(vcpu)) {
WARN_ON_ONCE(vmx->nested.pml_full);
@@ -12133,15 +12131,12 @@ static int vmx_write_pml_buffer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
}
gpa = vmcs_read64(GUEST_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS) & ~0xFFFull;
+ dst = (gpa_t)(((u64 *)vmcs12->pml_address) + vmcs12->guest_pml_index);
- page = kvm_vcpu_gpa_to_page(vcpu, vmcs12->pml_address);
- if (is_error_page(page))
+ if (kvm_write_guest(vcpu->kvm, dst, &gpa, sizeof(gpa)))
return 0;
- pml_address = kmap(page);
- pml_address[vmcs12->guest_pml_index--] = gpa;
- kunmap(page);
- kvm_release_page_clean(page);
+ vmcs12->guest_pml_index--;
}
return 0;
--
2.7.4