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| From | Matt Mullins <mmullins@mmlx.us> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [RFC] KVM: SVM: ignore type when setting segment registers |
| Date | 2017-05-30 20:20 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tMTUm-2jI-25@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <tMsU9-s2-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <tMOUF-7tv-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 02:54:21PM +0200, Radim Krčmář wrote:
> 2017-05-29 15:24+0200, Gioh Kim:
> > If so, why type is checked when setting segment registers?
>
> No idea. 19bca6ab75d8 ("KVM: SVM: Fix cross vendor migration issue with
> unusable bit") also moved the assigment up to initialize it before use
> and I think that is enough.
Was this perhaps intended to instead check for a zero selector, which is also
an unusable segment?
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[RFC] KVM: SVM: ignore type when setting segment registers Gioh Kim <gi-oh.kim@profitbricks.com> - 2017-05-29 15:30 +0200
Re: [RFC] KVM: SVM: ignore type when setting segment registers Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2017-05-30 15:00 +0200
Re: [RFC] KVM: SVM: ignore type when setting segment registers Gioh Kim <gi-oh.kim@profitbricks.com> - 2017-05-30 15:40 +0200
Re: [RFC] KVM: SVM: ignore type when setting segment registers Matt Mullins <mmullins@mmlx.us> - 2017-05-30 20:20 +0200
Re: [RFC] KVM: SVM: ignore type when setting segment registers Gi-Oh Kim <gi-oh.kim@profitbricks.com> - 2017-05-31 08:50 +0200
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