KVM: x86/mmu: Add RET_PF_CONTINUE to eliminate bool+int* "returns"
Add RET_PF_CONTINUE and use it in handle_abnormal_pfn() and kvm_faultin_pfn() to signal that the page fault handler should continue doing its thing. Aside from being gross and inefficient, using a boolean return to signal continue vs. stop makes it extremely difficult to add more helpers and/or move existing code to a helper. E.g. hypothetically, if nested MMUs were to gain a separate page fault handler in the future, everything up to the "is self-modifying PTE" check can be shared by all shadow MMUs, but communicating up the stack whether to continue on or stop becomes a nightmare. More concretely, proposed support for private guest memory ran into a similar issue, where it'll be forced to forego a helper in order to yield sane code: https://lore.kernel.org/all/YkJbxiL%2FAz7olWlq@google.com. No functional change intended. Cc: David Matlack <dmatlack@google.com> Cc: Chao Peng <chao.p.peng@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> Message-Id: <20220423034752.1161007-7-seanjc@google.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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