Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] KVM: CPUID: Put maxphyaddr updating together with virtual address width checking

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On Tue, 2019-09-10 at 10:13 -0700, Jim Mattson wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 3:42 AM Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > Since both of maxphyaddr updating and virtual address width checking
> > need to query the cpuid leaf 0x80000008. We can put them together.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 6 ++++--
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> > index 67fa44ab87af..fd0a66079001 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> > @@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ int kvm_update_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >                 best->ebx = xstate_required_size(vcpu->arch.xcr0, true);
> > 
> >         /*
> > +        * Update physical address width and check virtual address width.
> >          * The existing code assumes virtual address is 48-bit or 57-bit in
> > the
> >          * canonical address checks; exit if it is ever changed.
> >          */
> > @@ -127,7 +128,10 @@ int kvm_update_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > 
> >                 if (vaddr_bits != 48 && vaddr_bits != 57 && vaddr_bits != 0)
> >                         return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +               vcpu->arch.maxphyaddr = best->eax & 0xff;
> >         }
> > +       vcpu->arch.maxphyaddr = 36;
> 
> Perhaps I'm missing something, but it looks to me like you always set
> vcpu->arch.maxphyaddr to 36, regardless of what may be enumerated by
> leaf 0x80000008.

Oh, I made a stupid mistake. It should be included in the else case.
 
> 
> Is there really much of an advantage to open-coding
> cpuid_query_maxphyaddr() here?

Indeed not so much.
It can avoid two more kvm_find_cpuid_entry() calling that we don't handle leaf
0x80000008 twice in two place. 

> >         best = kvm_find_cpuid_entry(vcpu, KVM_CPUID_FEATURES, 0);
> >         if (kvm_hlt_in_guest(vcpu->kvm) && best &&
> > @@ -144,8 +148,6 @@ int kvm_update_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >                 }
> >         }
> > 
> > -       /* Update physical-address width */
> > -       vcpu->arch.maxphyaddr = cpuid_query_maxphyaddr(vcpu);
> >         kvm_mmu_reset_context(vcpu);
> > 
> >         kvm_pmu_refresh(vcpu);
> > --
> > 2.19.1
> > 




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