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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] MIPS: KVM/locore.S: Don't preserve host ASID around
 vcpu_run
Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 16:22:33 +0200
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On 06/05/2016 15:36, James Hogan wrote:
> - It is actually redundant, since the host ASID will be restored
>   correctly by kvm_arch_vcpu_put(), which is called almost immediately
>   after kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run() returns.

What happens if the guest does a rogue access to the area where the host
kernel resides?  Would that cause a wrong entry in the TLB?

Paolo