This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
KVM: SVM: Drop VMXE check from svm_set_cr4()
to the 5.10-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
kvm-svm-drop-vmxe-check-from-svm_set_cr4.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.10 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 7dd5a543bcc294e4d7be649f82f8acf1dda89a18
Author: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Oct 6 18:44:14 2020 -0700
KVM: SVM: Drop VMXE check from svm_set_cr4()
[ Upstream commit 311a06593b9a3944a63ed176b95cb8d857f7c83b ]
Drop svm_set_cr4()'s explicit check CR4.VMXE now that common x86 handles
the check by incorporating VMXE into the CR4 reserved bits, via
kvm_cpu_caps. SVM obviously does not set X86_FEATURE_VMX.
No functional change intended.
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
Message-Id: <20201007014417.29276-4-sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 184e68e7eedf..9bc166a5d453 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -1697,9 +1697,6 @@ int svm_set_cr4(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr4)
unsigned long host_cr4_mce = cr4_read_shadow() & X86_CR4_MCE;
unsigned long old_cr4 = to_svm(vcpu)->vmcb->save.cr4;
- if (cr4 & X86_CR4_VMXE)
- return 1;
-
if (npt_enabled && ((old_cr4 ^ cr4) & X86_CR4_PGE))
svm_flush_tlb(vcpu);
