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Date:      Tue, 24 Apr 2018 13:44:19 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Konstantin Belousov <kib@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r332932 - head/sys/amd64/vmm
Message-ID:  <201804241344.w3ODiJta026011@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: kib
Date: Tue Apr 24 13:44:19 2018
New Revision: 332932
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/332932

Log:
  Correct undesirable interaction between caching of %cr4 in bhyve and
  invltlb_glob().
  
  Reviewed by:	grehan, jhb
  Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
  MFC after:	1 week
  Differential revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D15138

Modified:
  head/sys/amd64/vmm/vmm_host.c

Modified: head/sys/amd64/vmm/vmm_host.c
==============================================================================
--- head/sys/amd64/vmm/vmm_host.c	Tue Apr 24 13:07:17 2018	(r332931)
+++ head/sys/amd64/vmm/vmm_host.c	Tue Apr 24 13:44:19 2018	(r332932)
@@ -61,7 +61,16 @@ vmm_host_state_init(void)
 	 */
 	vmm_host_cr0 = rcr0() | CR0_TS;
 
-	vmm_host_cr4 = rcr4();
+	/*
+	 * On non-PCID or PCID but without INVPCID support machines,
+	 * we flush kernel i.e. global TLB entries, by temporary
+	 * clearing the CR4.PGE bit, see invltlb_glob().  If
+	 * preemption occurs at the wrong time, cached vmm_host_cr4
+	 * might store the value with CR4.PGE cleared.  Since FreeBSD
+	 * requires support for PG_G on amd64, just set it
+	 * unconditionally.
+	 */
+	vmm_host_cr4 = rcr4() | CR4_PGE;
 
 	/*
 	 * Only permit a guest to use XSAVE if the host is using



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