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Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: SVM: fix random segfaults with NPT enabled
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:47:30 +0300
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Joerg Roedel wrote:
> Ok, cool. But the bug happens only rarely so I think there is some
> probability that this is the missing tlb flush, I think. But lets see.
>   

It reproduces rapidly for me, and it did after adding the missing flush
to kvm_mmu_zap_page().


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