Commit aac1df3d03 ("x86/HVM: introduce hvm_get_cpl() and respective
hook") went too far in one aspect: When emulating a task switch we
really shouldn't be looking at what hvm_get_cpl() returns, as we're
switching all segment registers.
However, instead of reverting the relevant parts of that commi
On 01/06/17 13:11, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Commit aac1df3d03 ("x86/HVM: introduce hvm_get_cpl() and respective
> hook") went too far in one aspect: When emulating a task switch we
> really shouldn't be looking at what hvm_get_cpl() returns, as we're
> switching all segment registers.
>
> However, inst
On 02/06/17 21:02, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 01/06/17 13:11, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> Reported-by: Andrew Cooper
>> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich
> I have finally managed to reproduce the original vmentry failure with an
> XTF test.
FWIW, the vmentry failure is quite subtle.
%es gets reloaded first.
On 01/06/17 13:11, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Commit aac1df3d03 ("x86/HVM: introduce hvm_get_cpl() and respective
> hook") went too far in one aspect: When emulating a task switch we
> really shouldn't be looking at what hvm_get_cpl() returns, as we're
> switching all segment registers.
>
> However, inst
>>> On 05.06.17 at 15:06, wrote:
> On 01/06/17 13:11, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> Commit aac1df3d03 ("x86/HVM: introduce hvm_get_cpl() and respective
>> hook") went too far in one aspect: When emulating a task switch we
>> really shouldn't be looking at what hvm_get_cpl() returns, as we're
>> switching
>>> On 02.06.17 at 22:33, wrote:
> On 02/06/17 21:02, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>> On 01/06/17 13:11, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>> Reported-by: Andrew Cooper
>>> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich
>> I have finally managed to reproduce the original vmentry failure with an
>> XTF test.
>
> FWIW, the vmentry failur
On 06/06/17 07:42, Jan Beulich wrote:
On 05.06.17 at 15:06, wrote:
>> On 01/06/17 13:11, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>> Commit aac1df3d03 ("x86/HVM: introduce hvm_get_cpl() and respective
>>> hook") went too far in one aspect: When emulating a task switch we
>>> really shouldn't be looking at what hv
On 06/06/17 08:06, Jan Beulich wrote:
On 02.06.17 at 22:33, wrote:
>> On 02/06/17 21:02, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>>> On 01/06/17 13:11, Jan Beulich wrote:
Reported-by: Andrew Cooper
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich
>>> I have finally managed to reproduce the original vmentry failure with a
Hi Andrew,
On 02/06/17 21:02, Andrew Cooper wrote:
On 01/06/17 13:11, Jan Beulich wrote:
Commit aac1df3d03 ("x86/HVM: introduce hvm_get_cpl() and respective
hook") went too far in one aspect: When emulating a task switch we
really shouldn't be looking at what hvm_get_cpl() returns, as we're
swi
