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Diffstat (limited to 'virt')
| -rw-r--r-- | virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c index 5a424598610f..1c11a05a97af 100644 --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c @@ -3132,25 +3132,26 @@ int kvm_prefetch_pages(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, gfn_t gfn, EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_prefetch_pages); /* - * Do not use this helper unless you are absolutely certain the gfn _must_ be - * backed by 'struct page'. A valid example is if the backing memslot is - * controlled by KVM. Note, if the returned page is valid, it's refcount has - * been elevated by gfn_to_pfn(). + * Don't use this API unless you are absolutely, positively certain that KVM + * needs to get a struct page, e.g. to pin the page for firmware DMA. + * + * FIXME: Users of this API likely need to FOLL_PIN the page, not just elevate + * its refcount. */ -struct page *gfn_to_page(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn) +struct page *__gfn_to_page(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, bool write) { struct page *refcounted_page = NULL; struct kvm_follow_pfn kfp = { .slot = gfn_to_memslot(kvm, gfn), .gfn = gfn, - .flags = FOLL_WRITE, + .flags = write ? FOLL_WRITE : 0, .refcounted_page = &refcounted_page, }; (void)kvm_follow_pfn(&kfp); return refcounted_page; } -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gfn_to_page); +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__gfn_to_page); int __kvm_vcpu_map(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gfn_t gfn, struct kvm_host_map *map, bool writable) |