On Aug 18, 2014, at 12:13 AM, Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]> wrote:

> Il 17/08/2014 23:09, Paolo Bonzini ha scritto:
>> Il 17/08/2014 21:32, Nadav Amit ha scritto:
>>> This reverts commit 5045b468037dfe1c848827ce10e99d87f5669160.  Although the
>>> cs.dpl=cs.rpl check is mentioned in table 7-1 of the SDM as causing a #TSS
>>> exception, it is not mentioned in table 6-6 that lists "invalid TSS 
>>> conditions"
>>> which cause #TSS exceptions. As it causes some tests, which pass on 
>>> bare-metal,
>>> to fail - it should be reverted.
>> 
>> Right.  However, I think reverting the patch is too big a hammer.  We 
>> still need in_task_switch to raise TS_VECTOR instead of GP_VECTOR, so I 
>> propose instead something like:
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
>> index 56657b0bb3bb..cd230b035514 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
>> @@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ static int __load_segment_descriptor(struct 
>> x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
>>              return ret;
>> 
>>      err_code = selector & 0xfffc;
>> -    err_vec = GP_VECTOR;
>> +    err_vec = in_task_switch ? TS_VECTOR : GP_VECTOR;
>> 
>>      /* can't load system descriptor into segment selector */
>>      if (seg <= VCPU_SREG_GS && !seg_desc.s)
>> @@ -1491,9 +1491,6 @@ static int __load_segment_descriptor(struct 
>> x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
>>                      goto exception;
>>              break;
>>      case VCPU_SREG_CS:
>> -            if (in_task_switch && rpl != dpl)
>> -                    goto exception;
>> -
>>              if (!(seg_desc.type & 8))
>>                      goto exception;
>> 
> 
> Also, what about the rpl > cpl test below, for non-conforming code
> segments?  It is not mentioned in table 6-6 either.

As far as I understand, after task-switch cpl = cs.rpl. This is how the 
load_state_from_tss32 does it, and follows SDM 7.3, Task Switching: 
"The new task begins executing at the privilege level specified in the CPL 
field of the CS register, which is loaded from the TSS.”
As a result, this condition can never occur during task-switch.

Do I miss anything?

Nadav


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