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Commit 5e1746d6 authored by Nadav Har'El's avatar Nadav Har'El Committed by Avi Kivity
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KVM: nVMX: Allow setting the VMXE bit in CR4



This patch allows the guest to enable the VMXE bit in CR4, which is a
prerequisite to running VMXON.

Whether to allow setting the VMXE bit now depends on the architecture (svm
or vmx), so its checking has moved to kvm_x86_ops->set_cr4(). This function
now returns an int: If kvm_x86_ops->set_cr4() returns 1, __kvm_set_cr4()
will also return 1, and this will cause kvm_set_cr4() will throw a #GP.

Turning on the VMXE bit is allowed only when the nested VMX feature is
enabled, and turning it off is forbidden after a vmxon.

Signed-off-by: default avatarNadav Har'El <nyh@il.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarMarcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
parent ec378aee
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