Re: [PATCH 06/10] KVM/nVMX: Use kvm_vcpu_map when mapping the virtual APIC page
From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Thu Apr 12 2018 - 13:57:48 EST
On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 04:38:39PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 21/02/2018 18:47, KarimAllah Ahmed wrote:
> > +
> > + if (kvm_vcpu_map(vcpu, gpa_to_gfn(vmcs12->virtual_apic_page_addr), map))
> > + vmcs_write64(VIRTUAL_APIC_PAGE_ADDR, gfn_to_gpa(map->pfn));
>
> This should in principle be pfn_to_hpa. However, pfn_to_hpa is unused;
> let's just remove it and do "<< PAGE_SHIFT". Unlike gfn_to_gpa, where
> in principle the shift could be different, pfn_to_hpa is *by definition*
> a shift left by PAGE_SHIFT.
Any reason not to use PFN_PHYS instead of the handcoded shift?
> Paolo