6b123c3a89
For shadow paging, the page table needs to be reconstructed before the
coming VMENTER if the guest PDPTEs is changed.
But not all paths that call load_pdptrs() will cause the page tables to be
reconstructed. Normally, kvm_mmu_reset_context() and kvm_mmu_free_roots()
are used to launch later reconstruction.
The commit d81135a57aa6("KVM: x86: do not reset mmu if CR0.CD and
CR0.NW are changed") skips kvm_mmu_reset_context() after load_pdptrs()
when changing CR0.CD and CR0.NW.
The commit 21823fbda552("KVM: x86: Invalidate all PGDs for the current
PCID on MOV CR3 w/ flush") skips kvm_mmu_free_roots() after
load_pdptrs() when rewriting the CR3 with the same value.
The commit a91a7c709600("KVM: X86: Don't reset mmu context when
toggling X86_CR4_PGE") skips kvm_mmu_reset_context() after
load_pdptrs() when changing CR4.PGE.
Guests like linux would keep the PDPTEs unchanged for every instance of
pagetable, so this missing reconstruction has no problem for linux
guests.
Fixes: d81135a57aa6("KVM: x86: do not reset mmu if CR0.CD and CR0.NW are changed")
Fixes: 21823fbda552("KVM: x86: Invalidate all PGDs for the current PCID on MOV CR3 w/ flush")
Fixes: a91a7c709600("KVM: X86: Don't reset mmu context when toggling X86_CR4_PGE")
Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>
Message-Id: <20211216021938.11752-3-jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.