Re: [PATCH] kvm: x86: fix RSM when PCID is non-zero

From: Andy Lutomirski
Date: Thu Dec 21 2017 - 10:31:05 EST


On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 3:56 AM, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> rsm_load_state_64() and rsm_enter_protected_mode() load CR3, then
> CR4 & ~PCIDE, then CR0, then CR4.
>
> However, setting CR4.PCIDE fails if CR3[11:0] != 0. It's probably easier
> in the long run to replace rsm_enter_protected_mode() with an emulator
> callback that sets all the special registers (like KVM_SET_SREGS would
> do). For now, set the PCID field of CR3 only after CR4.PCIDE is 1.

Out of curiosity, has anyone ever tested RSM returning to PAE mode? I
*think* it's supposed to restore the PDPTR registers directly rather
than reloading them from the memory pointed to by CR3, and it doesn't
look like the new or old code does it.

--Andy