Re: [PATCH 0/2] Fix reserved bits calculation errors caused by MKTME

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On 03/05/19 12:08, Kai Huang wrote:
> This series fix reserved bits related calculation errors caused by MKTME. MKTME
> repurposes high bits of physical address bits as 'keyID' thus they are not
> reserved bits, and to honor such HW behavior those reduced bits are taken away
> from boot_cpu_data.x86_phys_bits when MKTME is detected (exactly how many bits
> are taken away is configured by BIOS). Currently KVM asssumes bits from
> boot_cpu_data.x86_phys_bits to 51 are reserved bits, which is not true anymore
> with MKTME, and needs fix.
> 
> This series was splitted from the old patch I sent out around 2 weeks ago:
> 
> kvm: x86: Fix several SPTE mask calculation errors caused by MKTME
> 
> Changes to old patch:
> 
>   - splitted one patch into two patches. First patch is to move
>     kvm_set_mmio_spte_mask() as prerequisite. It doesn't impact functionality.
>     Patch 2 does the real fix.
> 
>   - renamed shadow_first_rsvd_bits to shadow_phys_bits suggested by Sean.
> 
>   - refined comments and commit msg to be more concise.
> 
> Btw sorry that I will be out next week and won't be able to reply email.
> 
> Kai Huang (2):
>   kvm: x86: Move kvm_set_mmio_spte_mask() from x86.c to mmu.c
>   kvm: x86: Fix reserved bits related calculation errors caused by MKTME
> 
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 31 ---------------------------
>  2 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
> 

Queued, thanks.

Paolo



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