From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@gmail.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>,
Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>, Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: X86: Raise #GP when clearing CR0_PG in 64 bit mode
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2021 18:55:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51bb6e75-4f0a-e544-d2e4-ff23c5aa2f49@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211207095230.53437-1-jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
On 12/7/21 10:52, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> From: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>
>
> In the SDM:
> If the logical processor is in 64-bit mode or if CR4.PCIDE = 1, an
> attempt to clear CR0.PG causes a general-protection exception (#GP).
> Software should transition to compatibility mode and clear CR4.PCIDE
> before attempting to disable paging.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 00f5b2b82909..78c40ac3b197 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -906,7 +906,8 @@ int kvm_set_cr0(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr0)
> !load_pdptrs(vcpu, kvm_read_cr3(vcpu)))
> return 1;
>
> - if (!(cr0 & X86_CR0_PG) && kvm_read_cr4_bits(vcpu, X86_CR4_PCIDE))
> + if (!(cr0 & X86_CR0_PG) &&
> + (is_64_bit_mode(vcpu) || kvm_read_cr4_bits(vcpu, X86_CR4_PCIDE)))
> return 1;
>
> static_call(kvm_x86_set_cr0)(vcpu, cr0);
>
Queued, thanks.
Paolo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-09 17:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-07 9:52 [PATCH] KVM: X86: Raise #GP when clearing CR0_PG in 64 bit mode Lai Jiangshan
2021-12-09 17:55 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2025-06-07 0:58 ` H. Peter Anvin
2025-06-09 14:23 ` Sean Christopherson
2025-06-09 18:16 ` Jim Mattson
2025-06-09 18:20 ` Jim Mattson
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