From: Avi Kivity on
On 07/16/2010 05:12 AM, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> handle_ept_violation() does not pass error code to
> the handler tdp_page_fault().
>
> It means tdp_page_fault() handles the page fault with ignoring
> the error code, It will not handle the page fault completely correctly,
> and may causes endless page fault.
>
>

Please describe the fail scenario more accurately in the change log?

Can it happen now, or only with the next patches in the series?

> @@ -3521,7 +3521,8 @@ static int handle_ept_violation(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>
> gpa = vmcs_read64(GUEST_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS);
> trace_kvm_page_fault(gpa, exit_qualification);
> - return kvm_mmu_page_fault(vcpu, gpa& PAGE_MASK, 0);
> + return kvm_mmu_page_fault(vcpu, gpa& PAGE_MASK,
> + exit_qualification& 0x2);
> }
>
>

Symbolic constant please.

I don't really like how kvm_mmu_page_fault() is overloaded, for !tdp the
parameter is a gva, for tdp it is a gpa. We need to break it into two
(but later).

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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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