linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/7] KVM: x86: popf emulation should not change RF

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Date:	Mon, 21 Jul 2014 14:37:28 +0300
From:	Nadav Amit <namit@...technion.ac.il>
To:	pbonzini@...hat.com
Cc:	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com,
	x86@...nel.org, gleb@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Nadav Amit <namit@...technion.ac.il>
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] KVM: x86: popf emulation should not change RF

RFLAGS.RF is always zero after popf. Therefore, popf should not updated RF, as
anyhow emulating popf, just as any other instruction should clear RFLAGS.RF.

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

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index dd07410..cf117bf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -1675,7 +1675,7 @@ static int emulate_popf(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 		return rc;
 
 	change_mask = EFLG_CF | EFLG_PF | EFLG_AF | EFLG_ZF | EFLG_SF | EFLG_OF
-		| EFLG_TF | EFLG_DF | EFLG_NT | EFLG_RF | EFLG_AC | EFLG_ID;
+		| EFLG_TF | EFLG_DF | EFLG_NT | EFLG_AC | EFLG_ID;
 
 	switch(ctxt->mode) {
 	case X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64:
-- 
1.9.1

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