X-Git-Url: http://v3vee.org/palacios/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=palacios%2Fsrc%2Fpalacios%2Fvmx.c;h=20c0c5f9ac3e56f6abe648cde0047f5c677ed3e6;hb=a7b07dc7f3bd9c28b0fbfb3c685a306326d56e76;hp=5963d931eedb1b6de97889bcc4f3bab8b9fd8004;hpb=1d5e0fcea2007c9f068cded1e98d17c80a306a19;p=palacios.git

diff --git a/palacios/src/palacios/vmx.c b/palacios/src/palacios/vmx.c
index 5963d93..20c0c5f 100644
--- a/palacios/src/palacios/vmx.c
+++ b/palacios/src/palacios/vmx.c
@@ -212,23 +212,25 @@ static int init_vmcs_bios(struct guest_info * core, struct vmx_data * vmx_state)
 
 
 #ifdef __V3_64BIT__
+    // Ensure host runs in 64-bit mode at each VM EXIT
     vmx_state->exit_ctrls.host_64_on = 1;
 #endif
 
-
-    /* Not sure how exactly to handle this... */
+    // Hook all accesses to EFER register
     v3_hook_msr(core->vm_info, EFER_MSR, 
 		&v3_handle_efer_read,
 		&v3_handle_efer_write, 
 		core);
 
-    // Or is it this??? 
-    vmx_state->entry_ctrls.ld_efer = 1;
+    // Restore host's EFER register on each VM EXIT
     vmx_state->exit_ctrls.ld_efer = 1;
+
+    // Save/restore guest's EFER register to/from VMCS on VM EXIT/ENTRY
     vmx_state->exit_ctrls.save_efer = 1;
-    /*   ***   */
+    vmx_state->entry_ctrls.ld_efer  = 1;
 
-    vmx_ret |= check_vmcs_write(VMCS_CR4_MASK, CR4_VMXE);
+    // Cause VM_EXIT whenever CR4.VMXE or CR4.PAE bits are written
+    vmx_ret |= check_vmcs_write(VMCS_CR4_MASK, CR4_VMXE | CR4_PAE);
 
 
     /* Setup paging */