Re: List of unaccessible x86 states

[Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>]

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 03:19:41PM +0200, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> Alexander Graf wrote:
> > On 20.10.2009, at 15:01, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> as the list of yet user-unaccessible x86 states is a bit volatile ATM,
> >> this is an attempt to collect the precise requirements for additional
> >> state fields. Once everyone feels the list is complete, we can decide
> >> how to partition it into one ore more substates for the new
> >> KVM_GET/SET_VCPU_STATE interface.
> >>
> >> What I read so far (or tried to patch already):
> >>
> >> - nmi_masked
> >> - nmi_pending
> >> - nmi_injected
> >> - kvm_queued_exception (whole struct content)
> >> - KVM_REQ_TRIPLE_FAULT (from vcpu.requests)
> >>
> >> Unclear points (for me) from the last discussion:
> >>
> >> - sipi_vector
> >> - MCE (covered via kvm_queued_exception, or does it require more?)
> >>
> >> Please extend or correct the list as required.
> > 
> > hflags. Qemu supports GIF, kvm supports GIF, but no side knows how to  
> > sync it.
> 
> OK. Whole hflags or just the GIF bit?
> 
> If we allow access to all bits, can user space cause any problems
> (beyond screwing up its guests) by passing weird patterns?
> 
HF_NMI_MASK should be migrated too. Destination should enable IRET intercept if
HF_NMI_MASK is set. Or we can assume that migration in the middle of NMI
will never happen :)

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			Gleb.