Re: [Xen-devel] [V0 PATCH 1/2] AMD-PVH: set EFER.NX and EFER.SCE for the boot vcpu

[Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@oracle.com>]

On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:09:27 -0700
Mukesh Rathor <mukesh.rathor@oracle.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Aug 2014 06:41:40 +0200
> Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 07:46:56PM -0700, Mukesh Rathor wrote:
> > > Intel doesn't have EFER.NX bit.
> > 
> > Of course it does.
> > 
> 
> Right, it does. Some code/comment is misleading... Anyways, reading
> intel SDMs, if I understand the convoluted text correctly, EFER.NX is
> not required to be set for l1.nx to be set, thus allowing for page
> level protection. Where as on AMD, EFER.NX must be set for l1.nx to
> be used. So, in the end, this patch would apply to both amd/intel.... 
> 
> I'll reword and submit.

Err, try again, the section "4.1.1 Three Paging Modes" says:

"Execute-disable access rights are applied only if IA32_EFER.NXE = 1"

So, I guess NX is broken on Intel PVH because EFER.NX is currently 
not being set.  While AMD will #GP if l1.NX is set and EFER.NX is not, 
I guess Intel just ignores the l1.XD if EFER.NX is not set. 

Mukesh