Re: [PATCH v6 02/15] nEPT: Fix cr3 handling in nested exit and entry

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On 08/01/2013 10:08 PM, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> From: Nadav Har'El <nyh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The existing code for handling cr3 and related VMCS fields during nested
> exit and entry wasn't correct in all cases:
> 
> If L2 is allowed to control cr3 (and this is indeed the case in nested EPT),
> during nested exit we must copy the modified cr3 from vmcs02 to vmcs12, and
> we forgot to do so. This patch adds this copy.
> 
> If L0 isn't controlling cr3 when running L2 (i.e., L0 is using EPT), and
> whoever does control cr3 (L1 or L2) is using PAE, the processor might have
> saved PDPTEs and we should also save them in vmcs12 (and restore later).

Reviewed-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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