On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 01:59:34PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote: > > > It's best to make it independent (like svm, and force vmx to emulate > > > this behaviour). Real mode forces cpl to 0, vm86 forces cpl to 3, > > > protected mode (and I think long mode) uses cs.rpl. > > This is what vmx does, not svm. > > That's the architectural definition, except for mode switch sequences. > vmx implements it directly which means that mode switch sequences > sometimes fail, either in guest software (setting cr0.pe while cs & 3 != > 0) or in "microcode" (emulate.c). > The fact that vmx check for cpl by (cs & 3) looks incorrect. It should check dpl. -- Gleb. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
