linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] KVM: x86: #GP when attempts to write reserved bits of Variable Range MTRRs

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Message-ID: <53F1F653.1030903@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 18 Aug 2014 14:49:23 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...nel.org>, hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] KVM: x86: #GP when attempts to write reserved bits
 of Variable Range MTRRs

Il 18/08/2014 14:27, Wanpeng Li ha scritto:
> > Section 11.11.2.3 of the SDM mentions "All other bits in the IA32_MTRR_PHYSBASEn 
> > and IA32_MTRR_PHYSMASKn registers are reserved; the processor generates a 
> > general-protection exception(#GP) if software attempts to write to them". This 
> > patch do it in kvm.
>
> How about this one?

It's okay, but it is going to change after you modify patch 4.

Paolo
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