Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 28/06/2016 19:33, Bandan Das wrote: >>>> >> static int is_shadow_present_pte(u64 pte) >>>> >> { >>>> >> - return pte & PT_PRESENT_MASK && !is_mmio_spte(pte); >>>> >> + return pte & (PT_PRESENT_MASK | shadow_x_mask) && >>>> >> + !is_mmio_spte(pte); >>> > >>> > This should really be pte & 7 when using EPT. But this is okay as an >>> > alternative to a new shadow_present_mask. >> I could revive shadow_xonly_valid probably... Anyway, for now I will >> add a TODO comment here. > > It's okay to it like this, because the only invalid PTEs reaching this > point are those that is_mmio_spte filters away. Hence you'll never get > -W- PTEs here, and pte & 7 is really the same as how you wrote it. It's > pretty clever, and doesn't need a TODO at all. :) Thanks, understood. So, the way it is written now covers all cases for pte & 7. Let's still add a comment - clever things are usually confusing to many! > Paolo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html