Re: [PATCH] kvm: nVMX: Set VM instruction error for VMPTRLD of unbacked page

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Am 13.03.2017 um 21:56 schrieb Jim Mattson:
> It is never correct for a VMX instruction to fail with "invalid VMCS"
> if there is, in fact, a current VMCS. Reads from unbacked addresses
> return all 1's, which means that an unbacked VMCS will not have the
> correct VMCS revision ID (i.e. VMCS12_REVISION).

I would really like a comment regarding "reading unbacked addresses
returns all 1's -> invalid revision"

> 
> Fixes: 63846663eac78 ("KVM: nVMX: Implement VMPTRLD")
> Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> index 98e82ee1e699..a142e529c93d 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -7604,7 +7604,8 @@ static int handle_vmptrld(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  		struct page *page;
>  		page = nested_get_page(vcpu, vmptr);
>  		if (page == NULL) {
> -			nested_vmx_failInvalid(vcpu);
> +			nested_vmx_failValid(vcpu,
> +				VMXERR_VMPTRLD_INCORRECT_VMCS_REVISION_ID);
>  			return kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
>  		}
>  		new_vmcs12 = kmap(page);
> 


-- 
Thanks,

David



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