Re: [PATCH] KVM: add KVM_SYNC_SHADOW_WITH_USER ioctl

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
The host needs to zap its shadow entries before performing an inflate
operation to avoid the guest from using stale ones.

So add an ioctl to interface with kvm_mmu_zap_all().

Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx>

Index: kvm.quilt/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
===================================================================
--- kvm.quilt.orig/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ kvm.quilt/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -971,6 +971,11 @@ static long kvm_vm_ioctl(struct file *fi
 			goto out;
 		break;
 	}
+	case KVM_SYNC_SHADOW_WITH_USER: {
+		r = 0;
+		kvm_mmu_zap_all(kvm);
+		break;
+	}
It should go into the arch ioctl below since the mmu is under x86
 	default:
 		r = kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(filp, ioctl, arg);
 	}



_______________________________________________
Virtualization mailing list
Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization

[Index of Archives]     [KVM Development]     [Libvirt Development]     [Libvirt Users]     [CentOS Virtualization]     [Netdev]     [Ethernet Bridging]     [Linux Wireless]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Security]     [Linux for Hams]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite Forum]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux Admin]     [Samba]

  Powered by Linux