[PATCH v13 19/85] KVM: Introduce kvm_follow_pfn() to eventually replace "gfn_to_pfn" APIs

Yan Zhao yan.y.zhao at intel.com
Tue Oct 22 12:25:21 AEDT 2024


On Mon, Oct 21, 2024 at 11:08:49AM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2024, Yan Zhao wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 11:23:21AM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > --- a/virt/kvm/pfncache.c
> > > +++ b/virt/kvm/pfncache.c
> > > @@ -159,6 +159,12 @@ static kvm_pfn_t hva_to_pfn_retry(struct gfn_to_pfn_cache *gpc)
> > >  	kvm_pfn_t new_pfn = KVM_PFN_ERR_FAULT;
> > >  	void *new_khva = NULL;
> > >  	unsigned long mmu_seq;
> > > +	struct kvm_follow_pfn kfp = {
> > > +		.slot = gpc->memslot,
> > > +		.gfn = gpa_to_gfn(gpc->gpa),
> > > +		.flags = FOLL_WRITE,
> > > +		.hva = gpc->uhva,
> > > +	};
> > Is .map_writable uninitialized?
> 
> Nope, per C99, "subobjects without explicit initializers are initialized to zero",
> i.e. map_writable is initialized to "false".
Ah, thanks, good to know that!


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