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-rw-r--r--target-ppc/excp_helper.c8
-rw-r--r--target-ppc/helper_regs.h4
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/target-ppc/excp_helper.c b/target-ppc/excp_helper.c
index a37009eb25..30e960e30b 100644
--- a/target-ppc/excp_helper.c
+++ b/target-ppc/excp_helper.c
@@ -709,8 +709,12 @@ static inline void powerpc_excp(PowerPCCPU *cpu, int excp_model, int excp)
}
}
#endif
- /* XXX: we don't use hreg_store_msr here as already have treated
- * any special case that could occur. Just store MSR and update hflags
+ /* We don't use hreg_store_msr here as already have treated
+ * any special case that could occur. Just store MSR and update hflags
+ *
+ * Note: We *MUST* not use hreg_store_msr() as-is anyway because it
+ * will prevent setting of the HV bit which some exceptions might need
+ * to do.
*/
env->msr = new_msr & env->msr_mask;
hreg_compute_hflags(env);
diff --git a/target-ppc/helper_regs.h b/target-ppc/helper_regs.h
index 57da931e3c..12af61cbf1 100644
--- a/target-ppc/helper_regs.h
+++ b/target-ppc/helper_regs.h
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ static inline int hreg_store_msr(CPUPPCState *env, target_ulong value,
excp = 0;
value &= env->msr_mask;
#if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
- if (!alter_hv) {
- /* mtmsr cannot alter the hypervisor state */
+ /* Neither mtmsr nor guest state can alter HV */
+ if (!alter_hv || !(env->msr & MSR_HVB)) {
value &= ~MSR_HVB;
value |= env->msr & MSR_HVB;
}