On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 2:32 PM Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 12/8/22 20:38, David Matlack wrote:
> > This commit increases the size of struct kvm_mmu_page by 64 bytes on
> > x86_64 (184 bytes -> 248 bytes). The size of this struct can be reduced
> > in future commits by moving TDP MMU root fields into a separate struct
> > and by dynamically allocating fields only used by the Shadow MMU.
>
> I think it's already possible to use a union like
>
> union {
> struct kvm_mmu_page_arch arch;
> struct {
> struct work_struct work;
> void *data;
> };
> };
That would potentially corrupt
kvm_mmu_page_arch.nx_huge_page_disallowed and
possible_nx_huge_page_link, both of which still need to be used by the
TDP MMU on x86.
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