u8 mtrr;
/*
- * 1. MMIO: trust guest MTRR, so same as item 3.
+ * 1. MMIO: always map as UC
* 2. No passthrough: always map as WB, and force guest PAT to WB as well
* 3. Passthrough: can't guarantee the result, try to trust guest.
*/
- if (!is_mmio && !kvm_arch_has_assigned_device(vcpu->kvm))
+ if (is_mmio)
+ return _PAGE_NOCACHE;
+
+ if (!kvm_arch_has_assigned_device(vcpu->kvm))
return 0;
if (!kvm_check_has_quirk(vcpu->kvm, KVM_X86_QUIRK_CD_NW_CLEARED) &&
u64 ipat = 0;
/* For VT-d and EPT combination
- * 1. MMIO: guest may want to apply WC, trust it.
+ * 1. MMIO: always map as UC
* 2. EPT with VT-d:
* a. VT-d without snooping control feature: can't guarantee the
- * result, try to trust guest. So the same as item 1.
+ * result, try to trust guest.
* 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 && !kvm_arch_has_noncoherent_dma(vcpu->kvm)) {
+ if (is_mmio) {
+ cache = MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE;
+ goto exit;
+ }
+
+ if (!kvm_arch_has_noncoherent_dma(vcpu->kvm)) {
ipat = VMX_EPT_IPAT_BIT;
cache = MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK;
goto exit;