Re: [PATCH v2 03/22] KVM: x86: fix broken read emulation spans apage boundary

From: Xiao Guangrong
Date: Wed Jun 29 2011 - 06:52:12 EST


On 06/29/2011 04:21 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:

>>
>> - if (kvm_read_guest_virt(ctxt, addr, val, bytes, exception)
>> - == X86EMUL_CONTINUE)
>> + if (!kvm_read_guest(vcpu->kvm, gpa, val, bytes))
>> return X86EMUL_CONTINUE;
>
> This doesn't perform the cpl check.
>

Firstly, it calls kvm_mmu_gva_to_gpa_read to translate gva to gpa, and cpl
is checked in this function, it is not enough?

> I suggest dropping this part for now and doing it later.
>

OK, i will post this part in the separate patchset. :-)
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