From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Lara Lazier <laramglazier@gmail.com>, qemu-devel@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] target/i386: Added consistency checks for VMRUN intercept and ASID
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 14:24:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d0eea515-af7e-9529-7f8c-101d1e888f9f@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210614100902.15860-2-laramglazier@gmail.com>
On 14/06/21 12:09, Lara Lazier wrote:
> +#define SVM_VMRUN_INTERCEPT (1ULL << 32)
> +
> struct QEMU_PACKED vmcb_control_area {
> uint16_t intercept_cr_read;
> uint16_t intercept_cr_write;
...
> + if (!(env->intercept & SVM_VMRUN_INTERCEPT)) {
> + cpu_vmexit(env, SVM_EXIT_ERR, 0, GETPC());
> + }
Hi Lara,
as discussed in our weekly meeting, the only issue with these patch is a
matter of aesthetics and maintainability more than functionality;
namely, the duplication between SVM_VMRUN_INTERCEPT and SVM_EXIT_VMRUN,
and likewise in patch 3 between INTERCEPT_SELECTIVE_CR0 and
SVM_EXIT_CR0_SEL_WRITE. Showing them side by side also makes it
apparent that the names are not consistent, but it's even better to
avoid the duplication altogether if possible.
In particular, one way to do so is to extract the intercept checks to a
function that you can call like
cpu_svm_has_intercept(env, SVM_EXIT_VMRUN)
so that the function computes the right bit of the bitmap based on the
second argument. Most of the code to do this is already in
svm_helper.c's cpu_svm_check_intercept_param, which you're already
familiar with. cpu_svm_check_intercept_param can also be modified to
call the new cpu_svm_has_intercept.
When your second version of the patches are ready, you can add the "-v2"
argument to git format-patch and it will automatically start the
subjects with "[PATCH v2 ...]" instead of just "[PATCH ...]".
Paolo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-15 12:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-14 10:08 [PATCH 0/3] Start fixing kvm-unit-tests for svm Lara Lazier
2021-06-14 10:09 ` [PATCH 1/3] target/i386: Added consistency checks for VMRUN intercept and ASID Lara Lazier
2021-06-15 12:24 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2021-06-14 10:09 ` [PATCH 2/3] target/i386: Added consistency checks for CR0 Lara Lazier
2021-06-14 10:09 ` [PATCH 3/3] target/i386: Added Intercept CR0 writes check Lara Lazier
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