Re: [PATCH] KVM: nVMX: Advertise IA32_PAT in VM exit control

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On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 12:38:32PM +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> On 2013-08-05 11:36, Gmail wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >> On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 05:10:35PM +0800, Arthur Chunqi Li wrote:
> >>> Advertise VM_EXIT_SAVE_IA32_PAT and VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_PAT.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Arthur Chunqi Li <yzt356@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> ---
> >>> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c |    3 ++-
> >>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> >>> index 45fd70c..240f0db 100644
> >>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> >>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> >>> @@ -2198,7 +2198,8 @@ static __init void nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(void)
> >>> #else
> >>>    nested_vmx_exit_ctls_high = 0;
> >>> #endif
> >>> -    nested_vmx_exit_ctls_high |= VM_EXIT_ALWAYSON_WITHOUT_TRUE_MSR;
> >>> +    nested_vmx_exit_ctls_high |= VM_EXIT_ALWAYSON_WITHOUT_TRUE_MSR |
> >>> +        VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_PAT | VM_EXIT_SAVE_IA32_PAT;
> >>>
> >> You should not set those if host does not support them, otherwise
> >> GUEST_IA32_PAT may not be available
> > To Jan,
> > Is this different from IA32_EFER?
> 
> As we use a real VMCS to keep GUEST/HOST_IA32_EFER, we actually do
> depend on the existence of the host feature. So my patch requires an
> update as you noted.
> 
Your patch didn't add new users of GUEST_IA32_PAT and
VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_PAT is enabled by nested only if host has it, so I am
not sure why you are saying that patch should be updated.


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