Re: [PATCH 1/6] KVM: SVM: Advance instruction pointer in dr_intercept

From: Avi Kivity
Date: Tue Feb 22 2011 - 09:02:01 EST


On 02/22/2011 01:14 PM, Roedel, Joerg wrote:
On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 12:29:39PM -0500, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> In the dr_intercept function a new cpu-feature called
> decode-assists is implemented and used when available. This
> code-path does not advance the guest-rip causing the guest
> to dead-loop over mov-dr instructions. This is fixed by this
> patch.
>

Btw. Can you meanwhile apply this patch? It fixes a bug which sends the
guest into an endless loop when decode assists is available on the host.

Yes of course - should have done that myself. Applied now, and queued for 2.6.38.

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