Re: [PATCH v6 2/2] KVM: nVMX: nested TPR shadow/threshold emulation

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On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 10:36:07AM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>Il 22/08/2014 01:30, Wanpeng Li ha scritto:
>> Maybe I misunderstand your comments "On real hardware you could point
>> the virtual-APIC page to an invalid address."
>> http://lists.openwall.net/linux-kernel/2014/08/07/344
>> 
>
>That referred to an address that doesn't correspond to RAM.  You can use
>addresses like these in a real processor.
>
>But the manual says that "if the “use TPR shadow” VM-execution control
>is 1, VM entry ensures that the virtual-APIC address is 4-KByte aligned"
>(24.6.8 Controls For APIC Virtualization).  This is the check that is
>missing.

Ok, thanks.

Regards,
Wanpeng Li 
>
>Paolo
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