Re: [PATCH 01/22] kvm: mmu: Separate making SPTEs from set_spte

[Sean Christopherson]

On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 02:22:41PM -0700, Ben Gardon wrote:
> +static int set_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *sptep,
> +		    unsigned int pte_access, int level,
> +		    gfn_t gfn, kvm_pfn_t pfn, bool speculative,
> +		    bool can_unsync, bool host_writable)
> +{
> +	u64 spte = 0;
> +	struct kvm_mmu_page *sp;
> +	int ret = 0;
> +
> +	if (set_mmio_spte(vcpu, sptep, gfn, pfn, pte_access))
> +		return 0;
> +
> +	sp = sptep_to_sp(sptep);
> +
> +	spte = make_spte(vcpu, pte_access, level, gfn, pfn, *sptep, speculative,
> +			 can_unsync, host_writable, sp_ad_disabled(sp), &ret);
> +	if (!spte)
> +		return 0;

This is an impossible condition.  Well, maybe it's theoretically possible
if page track is active, with EPT exec-only support (shadow_present_mask is
zero), and pfn==0.  But in that case, returning early is wrong.

Rather than return the spte, what about returning 'ret', passing 'new_spte'
as a u64 *, and dropping the bail early path?  That would also eliminate
the minor wart of make_spte() relying on the caller to initialize 'ret'.

> +
> +	if (spte & PT_WRITABLE_MASK)
> +		kvm_vcpu_mark_page_dirty(vcpu, gfn);
> +
>  	if (mmu_spte_update(sptep, spte))
>  		ret |= SET_SPTE_NEED_REMOTE_TLB_FLUSH;
>  	return ret;
> -- 
> 2.28.0.709.gb0816b6eb0-goog
>