Re: [PATCH kvm-unit-tests v2] access: check SMEP on prefetch pte path

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On 07/05/2011 09:24 AM, Yang, Wei Y wrote:
> 
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: kvm-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kvm-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Xiao Guangrong
>> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 4:06 PM
>> To: Yang, Wei Y
>> Cc: avi@xxxxxxxxxx; kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH kvm-unit-tests v2] access: check SMEP on prefetch pte
>> path
>>
>> On 06/29/2011 06:24 PM, Yang, Wei wrote:
>>
>>> +
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * Here we write the ro user page when
>>> +	 * cr0.wp=0, then we execute it and SMEP
>>> +	 * fault should happen.
>>> +	 */
>>> +	err_prepare_notwp = ac_test_do_access(&at1);
>>> +	if (!err_prepare_notwp) {
>>> +		printf("%s: SMEP prepare fail\n", __FUNCTION__);
>>> +		goto clean_up;
>>> +	}
>>> +
>>> +	at1.flags[AC_ACCESS_WRITE] = 0;
>>> +	at1.flags[AC_ACCESS_FETCH] = 1;
>>> +	ac_set_expected_status(&at1);
>>> +	err_smep_notwp = ac_test_do_access(&at1);
>>> +
>>
>> The address is accessed in the fist test, it is really "prefetch"-ed
>> in the second test?
> 
> What do you mean? Could you please elaborate it?

The title and the test case is "prefetch pte", is it really "prefetch" in
your test case? :-)
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