Re: linux-next: build warning after merge of the kvm tree
From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Wed Nov 13 2024 - 01:29:24 EST
Hi all,
On Mon, 28 Oct 2024 19:29:45 +1100 Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> After merging the kvm tree, today's linux-next build (htmldocs) produced
> this warning:
>
> Documentation/virt/kvm/locking.rst:157: ERROR: Malformed table.
>
> +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | At the beginning:: |
> | |
> | spte.W = 0 |
> | spte.Accessed = 1 |
> +-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
> | CPU 0: | CPU 1: |
> +-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
> | In mmu_spte_update():: | |
> | | |
> | old_spte = *spte; | |
> | | |
> | | |
> | /* 'if' condition is satisfied. */ | |
> | if (old_spte.Accessed == 1 && | |
> | old_spte.W == 0) | |
> | spte = new_spte; | |
> +-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
> | | on fast page fault path:: |
> | | |
> | | spte.W = 1 |
> | | |
> | | memory write on the spte:: |
> | | |
> | | spte.Dirty = 1 |
> +-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
> | :: | |
> | | |
> | else | |
> | old_spte = xchg(spte, new_spte);| |
> | if (old_spte.Accessed && | |
> | !new_spte.Accessed) | |
> | flush = true; | |
> | if (old_spte.Dirty && | |
> | !new_spte.Dirty) | |
> | flush = true; | |
> | OOPS!!! | |
> +-------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
>
> Introduced by commit
>
> 5f6a3badbb74 ("KVM: x86/mmu: Mark page/folio accessed only when zapping leaf SPTEs")
I am still seeing this warning.
--
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell
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