KVM: x86: apply guest MTRR virtualization on host reserved pages
Currently guest MTRR is avoided if kvm_is_reserved_pfn returns true.
However, the guest could prefer a different page type than UC for
such pages. A good example is that pass-throughed VGA frame buffer is
not always UC as host expected.
This patch enables full use of virtual guest MTRRs.
Suggested-by: Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com>
Tested-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de> (on AMD)
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index e856dd5..5b4e938 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -8632,22 +8632,17 @@
u64 ipat = 0;
/* For VT-d and EPT combination
- * 1. MMIO: always map as UC
+ * 1. MMIO: guest may want to apply WC, trust it.
* 2. EPT with VT-d:
* a. VT-d without snooping control feature: can't guarantee the
- * result, try to trust guest.
+ * result, try to trust guest. So the same as item 1.
* b. VT-d with snooping control feature: snooping control feature of
* VT-d engine can guarantee the cache correctness. Just set it
* to WB to keep consistent with host. So the same as item 3.
* 3. EPT without VT-d: always map as WB and set IPAT=1 to keep
* consistent with host MTRR
*/
- if (is_mmio) {
- cache = MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE;
- goto exit;
- }
-
- if (!kvm_arch_has_noncoherent_dma(vcpu->kvm)) {
+ if (!is_mmio && !kvm_arch_has_noncoherent_dma(vcpu->kvm)) {
ipat = VMX_EPT_IPAT_BIT;
cache = MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK;
goto exit;