>>> On 15.02.19 at 16:41, <rcojoc...@bitdefender.com> wrote: > HVMOP_altp2m_set_domain_state does not domain_pause(), presumably > on purpose (as it was originally supposed to cater to a in-guest > agent, and a domain pausing itself is not a good idea). > > This can lead to domain crashes in the vmx_vmexit_handler() code > that checks if the guest has the ability to switch EPTP without an > exit. That code can __vmread() the host p2m's EPT_POINTER > (before HVMOP_altp2m_set_domain_state "for_each_vcpu()" has a > chance to run altp2m_vcpu_initialise(), but after > d->arch.altp2m_active is set). > > Signed-off-by: Razvan Cojocaru <rcojoc...@bitdefender.com>
Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> Also I assume you mean to have the same justification here as you have in patch 1, as to 4.12 inclusion. And for this reason I'm also Cc-ing Jürgen again. Jan _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org https://lists.xenproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xen-devel
