From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Peter Feiner <pfeiner@google.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, drjones@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH] x86: vmx: fix definition of X86_CR4_VMXE
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 13:14:54 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56CC4D3E.906@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1456184436-31168-1-git-send-email-pfeiner@google.com>
On 23/02/2016 00:40, Peter Feiner wrote:
> Was defined as 0x1 when it should have been 0x2000 (13th bit of CR4).
> See Intel manual 23.7. 0x1 is the VME 'Virtual-8086 Mode Extensions'
> bit, which the vmx tests don't exercise.
>
> The correct bit was being set thanks to IA32_VMX_CR4_FIXED{0,1} MSRs
> forcing it.
>
> I hacked the test setup to forcibly un-set the bit and observed the
> correct #UD VMXON behavior. Adding a test to verify the #UD behavior
> is follow-up work.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Feiner <pfeiner@google.com>
> ---
> lib/x86/processor.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/x86/processor.h b/lib/x86/processor.h
> index 95cea1a..dff1689 100644
> --- a/lib/x86/processor.h
> +++ b/lib/x86/processor.h
> @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
> #define X86_CR0_WP 0x00010000
> #define X86_CR0_AM 0x00040000
> #define X86_CR0_PG 0x80000000
> -#define X86_CR4_VMXE 0x00000001
> +#define X86_CR4_VMXE 0x00002000
> #define X86_CR4_TSD 0x00000004
> #define X86_CR4_DE 0x00000008
> #define X86_CR4_PSE 0x00000010
>
Thanks, applying both patches.
Paolo
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2016-02-22 23:40 [kvm-unit-tests PATCH] x86: vmx: fix definition of X86_CR4_VMXE Peter Feiner
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