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* [PATCH v4 00/14] KVM/X86: Introduce a new guest mapping interface
@ 2018-12-03  9:30 KarimAllah Ahmed
  2018-12-03  9:30 ` [PATCH v4 01/14] X86/nVMX: handle_vmon: Read 4 bytes from guest memory KarimAllah Ahmed
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  0 siblings, 16 replies; 26+ messages in thread
From: KarimAllah Ahmed @ 2018-12-03  9:30 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: rkrcmar, pbonzini, linux-kernel, kvm, jmattson; +Cc: KarimAllah Ahmed

Guest memory can either be directly managed by the kernel (i.e. have a "struct
page") or they can simply live outside kernel control (i.e. do not have a
"struct page"). KVM mostly support these two modes, except in a few places
where the code seems to assume that guest memory must have a "struct page".

This patchset introduces a new mapping interface to map guest memory into host
kernel memory which also supports PFN-based memory (i.e. memory without 'struct
page'). It also converts all offending code to this interface or simply
read/write directly from guest memory.

As far as I can see all offending code is now fixed except the APIC-access page
which I will handle in a seperate series along with dropping
kvm_vcpu_gfn_to_page and kvm_vcpu_gpa_to_page from the internal KVM API.

The current implementation of the new API uses memremap to map memory that does
not have a "struct page". This proves to be very slow for high frequency
mappings. Since this does not affect the normal use-case where a "struct page"
is available, the performance of this API will be handled by a seperate patch
series.

v3 -> v4:
- Rebase
- Add a new patch to also fix the newly introduced enhanced VMCS.

v2 -> v3:
- Rebase
- Add a new patch to also fix the newly introduced shadow VMCS.

Filippo Sironi (1):
  X86/KVM: Handle PFNs outside of kernel reach when touching GPTEs

KarimAllah Ahmed (13):
  X86/nVMX: handle_vmon: Read 4 bytes from guest memory
  X86/nVMX: handle_vmptrld: Copy the VMCS12 directly from guest memory
  X86/nVMX: Update the PML table without mapping and unmapping the page
  KVM: Introduce a new guest mapping API
  KVM/nVMX: Use kvm_vcpu_map when mapping the L1 MSR bitmap
  KVM/nVMX: Use kvm_vcpu_map when mapping the virtual APIC page
  KVM/nVMX: Use kvm_vcpu_map when mapping the posted interrupt
    descriptor table
  KVM/X86: Use kvm_vcpu_map in emulator_cmpxchg_emulated
  KVM/X86: hyperv: Use kvm_vcpu_map in synic_clear_sint_msg_pending
  KVM/X86: hyperv: Use kvm_vcpu_map in synic_deliver_msg
  KVM/nSVM: Use the new mapping API for mapping guest memory
  KVM/nVMX: Use kvm_vcpu_map for accessing the shadow VMCS
  KVM/nVMX: Use kvm_vcpu_map for accessing the enhanced VMCS

 arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c      |  28 +++----
 arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h |  38 ++++++---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm.c         |  97 +++++++++++------------
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c         | 189 +++++++++++++++++----------------------------
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c         |  13 ++--
 include/linux/kvm_host.h   |   9 +++
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c        |  50 ++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 228 insertions(+), 196 deletions(-)

-- 
2.7.4


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2018-12-03  9:30 [PATCH v4 00/14] KVM/X86: Introduce a new guest mapping interface KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-12-03  9:30 ` [PATCH v4 01/14] X86/nVMX: handle_vmon: Read 4 bytes from guest memory KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-12-03 12:48   ` David Hildenbrand
2018-12-03  9:30 ` [PATCH v4 02/14] X86/nVMX: handle_vmptrld: Copy the VMCS12 directly " KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-12-03 12:59   ` David Hildenbrand
2018-12-05 23:10   ` Jim Mattson
2018-12-21 15:20     ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-01-03 14:22       ` Raslan, KarimAllah
2018-12-03  9:30 ` [PATCH v4 03/14] X86/nVMX: Update the PML table without mapping and unmapping the page KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-12-03 13:10   ` David Hildenbrand
2018-12-03  9:30 ` [PATCH v4 04/14] X86/KVM: Handle PFNs outside of kernel reach when touching GPTEs KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-12-03  9:30 ` [PATCH v4 05/14] KVM: Introduce a new guest mapping API KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-12-19 21:26   ` Paolo Bonzini
2018-12-03  9:30 ` [PATCH v4 06/14] KVM/nVMX: Use kvm_vcpu_map when mapping the L1 MSR bitmap KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-12-03  9:31 ` [PATCH v4 07/14] KVM/nVMX: Use kvm_vcpu_map when mapping the virtual APIC page KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-12-03  9:31 ` [PATCH v4 08/14] KVM/nVMX: Use kvm_vcpu_map when mapping the posted interrupt descriptor table KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-12-03  9:31 ` [PATCH v4 09/14] KVM/X86: Use kvm_vcpu_map in emulator_cmpxchg_emulated KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-12-03  9:31 ` [PATCH v4 10/14] KVM/X86: hyperv: Use kvm_vcpu_map in synic_clear_sint_msg_pending KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-12-03  9:31 ` [PATCH v4 11/14] KVM/X86: hyperv: Use kvm_vcpu_map in synic_deliver_msg KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-12-03  9:31 ` [PATCH v4 12/14] KVM/nSVM: Use the new mapping API for mapping guest memory KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-12-03  9:31 ` [PATCH v4 13/14] KVM/nVMX: Use kvm_vcpu_map for accessing the shadow VMCS KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-12-03  9:31 ` [PATCH v4 14/14] KVM/nVMX: Use kvm_vcpu_map for accessing the enhanced VMCS KarimAllah Ahmed
2018-12-06 17:46   ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2018-12-06 16:01 ` [PATCH v4 00/14] KVM/X86: Introduce a new guest mapping interface Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2018-12-19 21:27   ` Paolo Bonzini
2018-12-21 15:22 ` Paolo Bonzini

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