On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 12:56:03PM -0600, Bruce Rogers wrote:
> Commit d28bc9dd25ce reversed the order of two lines which initialize cr0,
> allowing the current (old) cr0 value to mess up vcpu initialization.
> This was observed in the checks for cr0 X86_CR0_WP bit in the context of
> kvm_mmu_reset_context(). Besides, setting vcpu->arch.cr0 after vmx_set_cr0()
> is completely redundant. Change the order back to ensure proper vcpu
> initialization.
> 
> The combination of booting with ovmf firmware when guest vcpus > 1 and kvm's
> ept=N option being set results in a VM-entry failure. This patch fixes that.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bruce Rogers <[email protected]>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

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This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
stable kernel tree.  Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
for how to do this properly.

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