Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v15 07/19] pvh: Disable unneeded features of HVM containers

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 12.11.13 at 15:56, George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 11/12/2013 01:51 PM, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>>> On 11.11.13 at 15:57, George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> @@ -1414,6 +1442,7 @@ int hvm_hap_nested_page_fault(paddr_t gpa,
>>>       /* For the benefit of 32-bit WinXP (& older Windows) on AMD CPUs,
>>>        * a fast path for LAPIC accesses, skipping the p2m lookup. */
>>>       if ( !nestedhvm_vcpu_in_guestmode(v)
>>> +         && is_hvm_vcpu(v)
>>
>> This change looks unnecessary - nestedhvm_vcpu_enter_guestmode()
>> (the only way by which nestedhvm_vcpu_in_guestmode() could return
>> other than zero) must obviously never be used on a PVH guest.
> 
> You've got the polarity of that check wrong -- PVH guests are never in 
> guest mode, therefore !nestedhvm_vcpu_in_guestmode() is always true.

Oh, indeed. In which case I'd slightly prefer !is_pvh_vcpu() here,
but I guess it's not really significant anyway.

Jan


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