On Wed, Mar 16, 2022 at 1:44 AM Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2022 at 12:25:19AM +0000, David Matlack wrote: > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c > > index 85b7bc333302..541b145b2df2 100644 > > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c > > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c > > @@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ static int tdp_mmu_split_huge_page(struct kvm *kvm, struct tdp_iter *iter, > > * not been linked in yet and thus is not reachable from any other CPU. > > */ > > for (i = 0; i < PT64_ENT_PER_PAGE; i++) > > - sp->spt[i] = make_huge_page_split_spte(huge_spte, level, i); > > + sp->spt[i] = make_huge_page_split_spte(huge_spte, level, i, ACC_ALL); > > Pure question: is it possible that huge_spte is RO while we passed in > ACC_ALL here (which has the write bit set)? Yes that is possible, but only if KVM the page is RO due to host-side policies (e.g. RO memslot or RO VMA). "access" here is the guest-allowed access permissions, similar to the pte_access parameter to mmu_set_spte(). e.g. notice how the TDP MMU passes ACC_ALL to make_spte(). > Would it be better if we make it a "bool exec" to be clearer? But all that being said, the ACC_ALL stuff is confusing for exactly the reason you pointed out so it doesn't make sense to duplicate it further. I agree it would make more sense to pass in bool exec. > > -- > Peter Xu >