Ping: [PATCH][XTF] XSA-286: fix PAE variant of test

2021-07-13 Thread Jan Beulich
On 17.05.2021 15:22, Jan Beulich wrote: > L3 entry updates aren't specified to take immediate effect in PAE mode: > On bare metal, only the next CR3 load actually loads the PDPTEs, and a > 32-bit Xen also wouldn't immediately propagate new entries into the > PDPTEs. Them taking immediate effect (le

[PATCH][XTF] XSA-286: fix PAE variant of test

2021-05-17 Thread Jan Beulich
L3 entry updates aren't specified to take immediate effect in PAE mode: On bare metal, only the next CR3 load actually loads the PDPTEs, and a 32-bit Xen also wouldn't immediately propagate new entries into the PDPTEs. Them taking immediate effect (leaving aside the need to flush the TLB) on 64-bit