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Re: [PULL 08/15] target/i386: Added consistency checks for CR4


From: Daniel P . Berrangé
Subject: Re: [PULL 08/15] target/i386: Added consistency checks for CR4
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 18:12:04 +0100
User-agent: Mutt/2.0.7 (2021-05-04)

On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 06:03:04PM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2021 at 05:36:05PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > From: Lara Lazier <laramglazier@gmail.com>
> > 
> > All MBZ bits in CR4 must be zero. (APM2 15.5)
> > Added reserved bitmask and added checks in both
> > helper_vmrun and helper_write_crN.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lara Lazier <laramglazier@gmail.com>
> > Message-Id: <20210721152651.14683-2-laramglazier@gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> 
> FYI this commit causes a regression with -cpu max (regression analyzed
> by Daniel Berrange).  See:

Specifically this commit breaks the ability to boot current fedora
kernels with --cpu max.   Disabling 'la57' feature makes it work
again. Similarly enabling 'la57' on any named CPU model makes that
then break.


Regards,
Daniel
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