[PATCH 6/11] KVM: Fix mmu going crazy of guest sets cr0.wp == 0

The kvm mmu relies on cr0.wp being set even if the guest does not set it.  The
vmx code correctly forces cr0.wp at all times, the svm code does not, so it
can't boot solaris without this patch.

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <[email protected]>

Index: linux-2.6/drivers/kvm/svm.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/kvm/svm.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/kvm/svm.c
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ static void svm_set_cr0(struct kvm_vcpu 
 	}
 #endif
 	vcpu->svm->cr0 = cr0;
-	vcpu->svm->vmcb->save.cr0 = cr0 | CR0_PG_MASK;
+	vcpu->svm->vmcb->save.cr0 = cr0 | CR0_PG_MASK | CR0_WP_MASK;
 	vcpu->cr0 = cr0;
 }
 
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