Re: [PATCH] KVM MMU: check reserved bits only if CR4.PSE=1 or CR4.PAE=1

[Avi Kivity]

On 03/16/2010 08:03 AM, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> > I think the only change is that is !is_pse(vcpu) we ignore bit 7?
> >      
> If the vcpu is in PT32E_ROOT_LEVEL/PT64_ROOT_LEVEL mode, CR4.PAE
> is aways enabled, so what we need do is ignore bit7 if !is_pse(vcpu)
> under PT32_ROOT_LEVEL mode, right?
>    

I think PAE will fault if bit7 is set and !is_pse(vcpu), but not sure.

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