Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: Synthesize G bit for all segments.

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Il 11/07/2014 09:08, Alok Kataria ha scritto:
+       /*
+        * AMD CPUs circa 2014 track the G bit for all segments except CS.
+        * However, the SVM spec states that the G bit is not observed by the
+        * CPU, and some VMware virtual CPUs drop the G bit for all segments.
+        * So let's synthesize a legal G bit for all segments, this helps
+        * running KVM nested. It also helps cross-vendor migration, because
+        * Intel's vmentry has a check on the 'G' bit.
+        */

Good, I updated the patch.  I am picking it up.

Paolo
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