>>> On 01.09.16 at 16:37, wrote:
> On 29/08/16 14:57, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> The less obvious (and potentially controversial) part is that of a call
>> gate with DPL < selector.RPL: Such gates can't be used either without
>> the hardware raising #GP, but the specific case of DPL=0 gets handled
>> i
On 29/08/16 14:57, Jan Beulich wrote:
> There are two cases: The obvious one is that system gates with type 0
> shouldn't have what might be their DPL altered - such descriptors can't
> be used anyway without incurring a #GP, and hence adjusting its DPL is
> only risking to confuse the guest.
This
There are two cases: The obvious one is that system gates with type 0
shouldn't have what might be their DPL altered - such descriptors can't
be used anyway without incurring a #GP, and hence adjusting its DPL is
only risking to confuse the guest.
The less obvious (and potentially controversial) p