Revert "KVM: x86: check for cr3 validity in ioctl_set_sregs"
commitbae0a76b07447df091f5906fd7c6678cbed9f7d9
authorMarcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:05:53 +0000 (28 15:05 -0300)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
Mon, 5 Oct 2009 15:27:58 +0000 (5 08:27 -0700)
tree97cde13d8140197a53dea3156da01b6539f99d74
parentae0661773f59370f84fb3d40897c2fc399d66442
Revert "KVM: x86: check for cr3 validity in ioctl_set_sregs"

(cherry picked from commit dc7e795e3dd2a763e5ceaa1615f307e808cf3932)

This reverts commit 6c20e1442bb1c62914bb85b7f4a38973d2a423ba.

To my understanding, it became obsolete with the advent of the more
robust check in mmu_alloc_roots (89da4ff17f). Moreover, it prevents
the conceptually safe pattern

 1. set sregs
 2. register mem-slots
 3. run vcpu

by setting a sticky triple fault during step 1.

Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c