[PATCH v12 35/84] KVM: x86: Use kvm_lookup_pfn() to check if retrying #PF is useful

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Use kvm_lookup_pfn() instead of an open coded equivalent when checking to
see if KVM should exit to userspace or re-enter the guest after failed
instruction emulation triggered by a guest page fault.

Note, there is a small functional change as kvm_lookup_pfn() doesn't mark
the page as accessed, whereas kvm_release_pfn_clean() does mark the page
accessed (if the pfn is backed by a refcounted struct page).  Neither
behavior is wrong per se, e.g. querying the gfn=>pfn mapping doesn't
actually access the page, but the guest _did_ access the gfn, otherwise
the fault wouldn't have occurred.

That said, either KVM will exit to userspace and the guest will likely be
terminated, or KVM will re-enter the guest and, barring weirdness in the
guest, the guest will re-access the gfn, and KVM will fault-in the pfn and
mark it accessed.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 16 ++++------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index af6c8cf6a37a..59501ad6e7f5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -8867,7 +8867,6 @@ static bool reexecute_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa,
 				  int emulation_type)
 {
 	gpa_t gpa = cr2_or_gpa;
-	kvm_pfn_t pfn;
 
 	if (!(emulation_type & EMULTYPE_ALLOW_RETRY_PF))
 		return false;
@@ -8892,22 +8891,15 @@ static bool reexecute_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Do not retry the unhandleable instruction if it faults on the
-	 * readonly host memory, otherwise it will goto a infinite loop:
+	 * Do not retry the unhandleable instruction if emulation was triggered
+	 * for emulated MMIO, e.g. by a readonly memslot or lack of a memslot,
+	 * otherwise KVM will send the vCPU into an infinite loop:
 	 * retry instruction -> write #PF -> emulation fail -> retry
 	 * instruction -> ...
 	 */
-	pfn = gfn_to_pfn(vcpu->kvm, gpa_to_gfn(gpa));
-
-	/*
-	 * If the instruction failed on the error pfn, it can not be fixed,
-	 * report the error to userspace.
-	 */
-	if (is_error_noslot_pfn(pfn))
+	if (is_error_noslot_pfn(kvm_lookup_pfn(vcpu->kvm, gpa_to_gfn(gpa))))
 		return false;
 
-	kvm_release_pfn_clean(pfn);
-
 	/*
 	 * If emulation may have been triggered by a write to a shadowed page
 	 * table, unprotect the gfn (zap any relevant SPTEs) and re-enter the
-- 
2.46.0.rc1.232.g9752f9e123-goog





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