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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c15
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 8646a797b7a8..7b2a068f08c1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -129,6 +129,9 @@ static bool __read_mostly enable_preemption_timer = 1;
module_param_named(preemption_timer, enable_preemption_timer, bool, S_IRUGO);
#endif
+extern bool __read_mostly allow_smaller_maxphyaddr;
+module_param(allow_smaller_maxphyaddr, bool, S_IRUGO);
+
#define KVM_VM_CR0_ALWAYS_OFF (X86_CR0_NW | X86_CR0_CD)
#define KVM_VM_CR0_ALWAYS_ON_UNRESTRICTED_GUEST X86_CR0_NE
#define KVM_VM_CR0_ALWAYS_ON \
@@ -4803,6 +4806,7 @@ static int handle_exception_nmi(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* EPT will cause page fault only if we need to
* detect illegal GPAs.
*/
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!allow_smaller_maxphyaddr);
kvm_fixup_and_inject_pf_error(vcpu, cr2, error_code);
return 1;
} else
@@ -5331,7 +5335,7 @@ static int handle_ept_violation(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* would also use advanced VM-exit information for EPT violations to
* reconstruct the page fault error code.
*/
- if (unlikely(kvm_mmu_is_illegal_gpa(vcpu, gpa)))
+ if (unlikely(allow_smaller_maxphyaddr && kvm_mmu_is_illegal_gpa(vcpu, gpa)))
return kvm_emulate_instruction(vcpu, 0);
return kvm_mmu_page_fault(vcpu, gpa, error_code, NULL, 0);
@@ -8305,11 +8309,12 @@ static int __init vmx_init(void)
vmx_check_vmcs12_offsets();
/*
- * Intel processors don't have problems with
- * GUEST_MAXPHYADDR < HOST_MAXPHYADDR so enable
- * it for VMX by default
+ * Shadow paging doesn't have a (further) performance penalty
+ * from GUEST_MAXPHYADDR < HOST_MAXPHYADDR so enable it
+ * by default
*/
- allow_smaller_maxphyaddr = true;
+ if (!enable_ept)
+ allow_smaller_maxphyaddr = true;
return 0;
}