Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: MMU: fix ept=0/pte.u=0/pte.w=0/CR0.WP=0/CR4.SMEP=1/EFER.NX=0 combo

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On 10/03/2016 09:46, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> 
>> Yes, all of these are needed. :) This is admittedly a bit odd, but
>> kvm-unit-tests access.flat tests this if you run it with "-cpu host"
>> and of course ept=0.
>>
>> KVM handles supervisor writes of a pte.u=0/pte.w=0/CR0.WP=0 page by
>> setting U=0 and W=1 in the shadow PTE.  This will cause a user write
>> to fault and a supervisor write to succeed (which is correct because
>> CR0.WP=0).  A user read instead will flip U=0 to 1 and W=1 back to 0.
> 
> BTW, it should be pte.u = 1 where you mentioned above.

Ok, will fix.

Paolo
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