The role.base.smm flag is always zero when setting up shadow EPT, do not bother copying it over from vcpu->arch.root_mmu. Reviewed-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c index 7051040e15b3..4f9bbd02fb8b 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c @@ -4886,9 +4886,11 @@ kvm_calc_shadow_ept_root_page_role(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool accessed_dirty, { union kvm_mmu_role role = {0}; - /* SMM flag is inherited from root_mmu */ - role.base.smm = vcpu->arch.root_mmu.mmu_role.base.smm; - + /* + * KVM does not support SMM transfer monitors, and consequently does not + * support the "entry to SMM" control either. role.base.smm is always 0. + */ + WARN_ON_ONCE(is_smm(vcpu)); role.base.level = level; role.base.has_4_byte_gpte = false; role.base.direct = false; -- 2.31.1