From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com>
Cc: Wanpeng li <wanpeng.li@hotmail.com>, kvm <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: don't expose syscall/sysret to intel 32-bit guest
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 13:02:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <564DBA60.2010707@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANRm+CwK1C8ZhCvYWZdShgPLXGj+FPuAsvDcVxB_WOXVdwoxKQ@mail.gmail.com>
On 19/11/2015 13:01, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> > This is not correct. As far as I know, the SYSCALL bit is always
> > present in CPUID, even if the machine is running in 32-bit mode; CPUID
> > documentation (SDM Volume 2) explicitly documents bit 11 as "Bit 11:
> > SYSCALL/SYSRET available in 64-bit mode".
>
> No, I try a 32-bit linux host kernel, cpuid tool shows that SYSCALL
> bit is not set.
Ok, let me try...
Paolo
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2015-11-19 11:05 ` [PATCH] KVM: x86: don't expose syscall/sysret to intel 32-bit guest Paolo Bonzini
2015-11-19 12:01 ` Wanpeng Li
2015-11-19 12:02 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2015-11-25 12:45 ` Wanpeng Li
2015-11-25 13:27 ` Paolo Bonzini
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