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[PATCH V1 3/8] x86/nestedvmx: Emulate L2 accesses to L1's LAPIC page


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From: Chunjie Zhu <chunjie.zhu@xxxxxxxxxx>

Return NESTEDHVM_PAGEFAULT_MMIO when the L0 p2m entry is the APIC-access
page, so that the access faults and is emulated against L1's vLAPIC.

Signed-off-by: Chunjie Zhu <chunjie.zhu@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 xen/arch/x86/mm/hap/nested_hap.c | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/mm/hap/nested_hap.c b/xen/arch/x86/mm/hap/nested_hap.c
index 42d588f08821..72706cebaedf 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/mm/hap/nested_hap.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/mm/hap/nested_hap.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <asm/hap.h>
 
 #include <asm/hvm/nestedhvm.h>
+#include <asm/hvm/vmx/vmcs.h>
 
 #include "private.h"
 
@@ -115,6 +116,17 @@ static int nestedhap_walk_L0_p2m(
     mfn = get_gfn_type_access(p2m, L1_gpa >> PAGE_SHIFT, p2mt, p2ma,
                               0, page_order);
 
+    /*
+     * With APIC-access virtualisation, Xen backs the LAPIC page of L1 with a
+     * dummy page.  L2 must not touch it directly: the access is to L1's
+     * emulated LAPIC, so let the caller emulate it.
+     */
+    rc = NESTEDHVM_PAGEFAULT_MMIO;
+    if ( *p2mt == p2m_mmio_direct && cpu_has_vmx &&
+         !mfn_eq(p2m->domain->arch.hvm.vmx.apic_access_mfn, _mfn(0)) &&
+         mfn_eq(mfn, p2m->domain->arch.hvm.vmx.apic_access_mfn) )
+        goto out;
+
     rc = NESTEDHVM_PAGEFAULT_DIRECT_MMIO;
     if ( *p2mt == p2m_mmio_direct )
         goto direct_mmio_out;
-- 
2.34.1




 


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