Re: [PATCH] KVM: Enable VMX-related bits in MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL.

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On Tue, Mar 06, 2012, Nadav Har'El wrote about "Re: [PATCH] KVM: Enable VMX-related bits in MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL.":
>  2. handle_vmon() does not check the previous setting of this MSR.
>     If the guest (or its BIOS) doesn't set both FEATURE_CONTROL_LOCKED
>     and FEATURE_CONTROL_VMXON_ENABLED_OUTSIDE_SMX, it should get a

By the way, am I right in my understanding that KVM doesn't support
SMX in the guest? I didn't see mention of CR4.SMXE or a GETSEC exit
handler, which is why I'm assuming that it doesn't...
If this assumption isn't true, I'll also need to worry about the
..._INSIDE_SMX case.

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