Re: [PATCH] kvm: mmu: Don't read PDPTEs when paging is not enabled

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On 08/10/2018 12:50 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 
> Perhaps you can write a standalone test (not using kvm-unit-tests) you
> can place the PDPTEs in a place where the read will cause a vmentry failure?
 
It wouldn't cause a vmentry failure because the paths that actually load the PDPTEs into the VMCS already have the is_paging() check. These two paths are just about kvm itself reading them unnecessarily (and then doing further work when it thinks that the PDPTEs have changed).

Thanks,
Junaid



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