[PATCH 12/18] KVM: selftests: Allocate x86's GDT during VM creation
Ackerley Tng
ackerleytng at google.com
Wed Mar 27 19:33:36 PDT 2024
Sean Christopherson <seanjc at google.com> writes:
> Allocate the GDT during creation of non-barebones VMs instead of waiting
> until the first vCPU is created, as the whole point of non-barebones VMs
> is to be able to run vCPUs, i.e. the GDT is going to get allocated no
> matter what.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc at google.com>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c | 4 +---
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c
> index f4046029f168..8547833ffa26 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c
> @@ -518,9 +518,6 @@ vm_paddr_t addr_arch_gva2gpa(struct kvm_vm *vm, vm_vaddr_t gva)
>
> static void kvm_setup_gdt(struct kvm_vm *vm, struct kvm_dtable *dt)
> {
> - if (!vm->arch.gdt)
> - vm->arch.gdt = __vm_vaddr_alloc_page(vm, MEM_REGION_DATA);
> -
> dt->base = vm->arch.gdt;
> dt->limit = getpagesize() - 1;
> }
> @@ -644,6 +641,7 @@ static void vm_init_descriptor_tables(struct kvm_vm *vm)
> extern void *idt_handlers;
> int i;
>
> + vm->arch.gdt = __vm_vaddr_alloc_page(vm, MEM_REGION_DATA);
> vm->arch.idt = __vm_vaddr_alloc_page(vm, MEM_REGION_DATA);
> vm->handlers = __vm_vaddr_alloc_page(vm, MEM_REGION_DATA);
> /* Handlers have the same address in both address spaces.*/
> --
> 2.44.0.291.gc1ea87d7ee-goog
Reviewed-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng at google.com>
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