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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c index 7747b6d716fa..3f8c732117ec 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mtrr.c @@ -120,14 +120,22 @@ static u8 mtrr_default_type(struct kvm_mtrr *mtrr_state) return mtrr_state->deftype & IA32_MTRR_DEF_TYPE_TYPE_MASK; } -static u8 mtrr_disabled_type(void) +static u8 mtrr_disabled_type(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) { /* * Intel SDM 11.11.2.2: all MTRRs are disabled when * IA32_MTRR_DEF_TYPE.E bit is cleared, and the UC * memory type is applied to all of physical memory. + * + * However, virtual machines can be run with CPUID such that + * there are no MTRRs. In that case, the firmware will never + * enable MTRRs and it is obviously undesirable to run the + * guest entirely with UC memory and we use WB. */ - return MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE; + if (guest_cpuid_has_mtrr(vcpu)) + return MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE; + else + return MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK; } /* @@ -675,7 +683,7 @@ u8 kvm_mtrr_get_guest_memory_type(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gfn_t gfn) } if (iter.mtrr_disabled) - return mtrr_disabled_type(); + return mtrr_disabled_type(vcpu); /* not contained in any MTRRs. */ if (type == -1) |