Re: [PATCH 03/54] KVM: x86: Properly reset MMU context at vCPU RESET/INIT

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Wed Jun 23 2021 - 10:01:36 EST


On 22/06/21 19:56, Sean Christopherson wrote:
+ /*
+ * Reset the MMU context if paging was enabled prior to INIT (which is
+ * implied if CR0.PG=1 as CR0 will be '0' prior to RESET). Unlike the
+ * standard CR0/CR4/EFER modification paths, only CR0.PG needs to be
+ * checked because it is unconditionally cleared on INIT and all other
+ * paging related bits are ignored if paging is disabled, i.e. CR0.WP,
+ * CR4, and EFER changes are all irrelevant if CR0.PG was '0'.
+ */
+ if (old_cr0 & X86_CR0_PG)
+ kvm_mmu_reset_context(vcpu);

Hmm, I'll answer myself, is it because of the plan to add a vCPU reset ioctl?

Paolo