linux-kernel - [PATCH 13/37] KVM: VMX: don't clobber segment AR if emulating invalid state

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Message-Id: <1235730420-7929-14-git-send-email-avi@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:26:36 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 13/37] KVM: VMX: don't clobber segment AR if emulating invalid state

The ususable bit is important for determining state validity; don't
clobber it.

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index be94410..a6598cb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -1649,7 +1649,7 @@ static void vmx_get_segment(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	var->limit = vmcs_read32(sf->limit);
 	var->selector = vmcs_read16(sf->selector);
 	ar = vmcs_read32(sf->ar_bytes);
-	if (ar & AR_UNUSABLE_MASK)
+	if ((ar & AR_UNUSABLE_MASK) && !emulate_invalid_guest_state)
 		ar = 0;
 	var->type = ar & 15;
 	var->s = (ar >> 4) & 1;
-- 
1.6.0.6

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