Re: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: Add helpers to consolidate gfn_to_pfn_cache's page split check

[Paul Durrant]

On 20/03/2024 00:15, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Add a helper to check that the incoming length for a gfn_to_pfn_cache is
> valid with respect to the cache's GPA and/or HVA.  To avoid activating a
> cache with a bogus GPA, a future fix will fork the page split check in
> the inner refresh path into activate() and the public rerfresh() APIs, at

nit: typo

> which point KVM will check the length in three separate places.
>
> Deliberately keep the "page offset" logic open coded, as the only other
> path that consumes the offset, __kvm_gpc_refresh(), already needs to
> differentiate between GPA-based and HVA-based caches, and it's not obvious
> that using a helper is a net positive in overall code readability.
>
> Note, for GPA-based caches, this has a subtle side effect of using the GPA
> instead of the resolved HVA in the check() path, but that should be a nop
> as the HVA offset is derived from the GPA, i.e. the two offsets are
> identical, barring a KVM bug.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   virt/kvm/pfncache.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++--------
>   1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Paul Durrant <paul@xxxxxxx>