linux-kernel - [PATCH 02/11] KVM: SVM: Reset MMU on nested_svm

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Date:	Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:59:11 +0100
From:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>, Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
CC:	Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
Subject: [PATCH 02/11] KVM: SVM: Reset MMU on nested_svm_vmrun for NPT too

Without resetting the MMU the gva_to_pga function will not
work reliably when the vcpu is running in nested context.

Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm.c |    8 +++++---
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index 217b8b0..b821b2f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -1871,10 +1871,12 @@ static bool nested_svm_vmrun(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	if (npt_enabled) {
 		svm->vmcb->save.cr3 = nested_vmcb->save.cr3;
 		svm->vcpu.arch.cr3 = nested_vmcb->save.cr3;
-	} else {
+	} else
 		kvm_set_cr3(&svm->vcpu, nested_vmcb->save.cr3);
-		kvm_mmu_reset_context(&svm->vcpu);
-	}
+
+	/* Guest paging mode is active - reset mmu */
+	kvm_mmu_reset_context(&svm->vcpu);
+
 	svm->vmcb->save.cr2 = svm->vcpu.arch.cr2 = nested_vmcb->save.cr2;
 	kvm_register_write(&svm->vcpu, VCPU_REGS_RAX, nested_vmcb->save.rax);
 	kvm_register_write(&svm->vcpu, VCPU_REGS_RSP, nested_vmcb->save.rsp);
-- 
1.7.0


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