Re: [PATCH v2 36/66] KVM: x86: Handle GBPAGE CPUID adjustment for EPT in VMX code

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Tue Mar 03 2020 - 10:40:40 EST


On 03/03/20 16:35, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Oof, that took me a long time to process. You're saying that KVM can
> allow the guest to use GBPAGES when shadow paging is enabled because KVM
> can effectively emulate GBPAGES. And IIUC, you're also saying that
> cpuid.GBPAGES should never be influenced by EPT restrictions.
>
> That all makes sense.

Yes, exactly.

Paolo