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Message-Id: <1397794294-8414-2-git-send-email-namit@cs.technion.ac.il>
Date:	Fri, 18 Apr 2014 07:11:34 +0300
From:	Nadav Amit <namit@...technion.ac.il>
To:	gleb@...nel.org, pbonzini@...hat.com
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	x86@...nel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Nadav Amit <namit@...technion.ac.il>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] KVM: x86: Processor mode may be determined incorrectly

If EFER.LMA is off, cs.l does not determine execution mode.
Currently, the emulation engine assumes differently.

Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@...technion.ac.il>
---
:100644 100644 f4d9839... c99f7eb... M	arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index f4d9839..c99f7eb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -4887,7 +4887,7 @@ static void init_emulate_ctxt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	ctxt->eip = kvm_rip_read(vcpu);
 	ctxt->mode = (!is_protmode(vcpu))		? X86EMUL_MODE_REAL :
 		     (ctxt->eflags & X86_EFLAGS_VM)	? X86EMUL_MODE_VM86 :
-		     cs_l				? X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64 :
+		     (cs_l && is_long_mode(vcpu))	? X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64 :
 		     cs_db				? X86EMUL_MODE_PROT32 :
 							  X86EMUL_MODE_PROT16;
 	ctxt->guest_mode = is_guest_mode(vcpu);
-- 
1.7.10.4

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