drm/i915/gvt/kvmgt: read/write GPA via KVM API
Previously to read/write a GPA, we at first try to pin the GFN it belongs to, then translate the pinned PFN to a kernel HVA, then read/write it. This is however not necessary. A GFN should be pinned IFF it would be accessed by peripheral devices (DMA), not by CPU. This patch changes the read/write method to KVM API, which will leverage userspace HVA and copy_{from|to}_usr instead. Signed-off-by: Jike Song <jike.song@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Zhenyu Wang <zhenyuw@linux.intel.com>
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