linux-kernel - [PATCH 09/10] KVM: VMX: Force vm86 mode if setting flags during real mode

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Date:	Sun,  2 Dec 2007 13:18:46 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	stable@...nel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
Subject: [PATCH 09/10] KVM: VMX: Force vm86 mode if setting flags during real mode

When resetting from userspace, we need to handle the flags being cleared
even after we are in real mode.

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
---
 drivers/kvm/vmx.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/kvm/vmx.c b/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
index 80628f6..c158a2d 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -463,6 +463,8 @@ static unsigned long vmx_get_rflags(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 static void vmx_set_rflags(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long rflags)
 {
+	if (vcpu->rmode.active)
+		rflags |= IOPL_MASK | X86_EFLAGS_VM;
 	vmcs_writel(GUEST_RFLAGS, rflags);
 }
 
-- 
1.5.3

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