linux-kernel - commit 80917728e43e248155c019f743655806b582b099

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Message-Id: <118586624088-git-send-email-avi@qumranet.com>
Date:	Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:17:20 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: commit 80917728e43e248155c019f743655806b582b099

    KVM: x86 emulator: disable writeback for debug register instructions
    
    These are handled internally by the instruction.
    
    Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>

diff --git a/drivers/kvm/x86_emulate.c b/drivers/kvm/x86_emulate.c
index 1a90ba0..2136da5 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/x86_emulate.c
+++ b/drivers/kvm/x86_emulate.c
@@ -1222,11 +1222,13 @@ twobyte_insn:
 		}
 		break;
 	case 0x21: /* mov from dr to reg */
+		no_wb = 1;
 		if (modrm_mod != 3)
 			goto cannot_emulate;
 		rc = emulator_get_dr(ctxt, modrm_reg, &_regs[modrm_rm]);
 		break;
 	case 0x23: /* mov from reg to dr */
+		no_wb = 1;
 		if (modrm_mod != 3)
 			goto cannot_emulate;
 		rc = emulator_set_dr(ctxt, modrm_reg, _regs[modrm_rm]);
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