From: Christoph Egger <Christoph.Egger@amd.com>
To: "Dong, Eddie" <eddie.dong@intel.com>
Cc: "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>,
"He, Qing" <qing.he@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/16] vmx: nest: nested control structure
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:02:18 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201009151602.19720.Christoph.Egger@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1A42CE6F5F474C41B63392A5F80372B22A8C2395@shsmsx501.ccr.corp.intel.com>
On Wednesday 15 September 2010 15:46:24 Dong, Eddie wrote:
> >>>>> #ifdef __x86_64__
> >>>>> struct vmx_msr_state msr_state;
> >>>>> unsigned long shadow_gs;
> >>>>
> >>>> I think, the structure should be allocated in the
> >>>> nestedhvm_vcpu_initialise() function hook and assigned to the
> >>>> nh_arch pointer in struct nestedhvm.
> >>>
> >>> Well, the structure itself is pretty small, so dynamic allocation is
> >>> really not a good idea.
> >
> > It's not a question of size. The point is that it is opaque to
> > non-vmx code.
>
> I think it is anyway recycling again, that is not necessary.
> Outside of VMX should not access those VMX specific code in theory.
Also practically. The point is if that mistake happens then gcc will complain
when the data structure is opaque to non-vmx code.
I already discussed exactly that point with Keir when he suggested
me to go your way but then agreed.
See:
http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2010-08/msg01024.html
http://lists.xensource.com/archives/html/xen-devel/2010-08/msg01028.html
Christoph
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Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-08 15:22 [PATCH 00/16] Nested virtualization for VMX Qing He
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 01/16] vmx: nest: rename host_vmcs Qing He
2010-09-10 13:27 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 02/16] vmx: nest: wrapper for control update Qing He
2010-09-10 13:29 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 03/16] vmx: nest: nested availability and status flags Qing He
2010-09-15 11:43 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-15 14:18 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 04/16] vmx: nest: nested control structure Qing He
2010-09-09 6:13 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 11:27 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-15 13:06 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 13:17 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-15 13:31 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-15 13:46 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 14:02 ` Christoph Egger [this message]
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 05/16] vmx: nest: virtual vmcs layout Qing He
2010-09-13 10:29 ` Tim Deegan
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 06/16] vmx: nest: handling VMX instruction exits Qing He
2010-09-10 7:05 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-13 11:11 ` Tim Deegan
2010-09-13 14:29 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-13 14:46 ` Tim Deegan
2010-09-13 11:10 ` Tim Deegan
2010-09-15 4:55 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 6:40 ` Keir Fraser
2010-09-15 6:49 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 7:31 ` Keir Fraser
2010-09-15 8:15 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-15 8:23 ` Keir Fraser
2010-09-15 9:08 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 11:39 ` Keir Fraser
2010-09-15 12:36 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 13:12 ` Keir Fraser
2010-09-20 3:13 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-20 8:08 ` Keir Fraser
2010-09-20 9:33 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-20 9:41 ` Keir Fraser
2010-09-20 13:10 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-20 9:41 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-20 13:14 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 7:17 ` Qing He
2010-09-15 7:38 ` Keir Fraser
2010-09-15 7:56 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 8:15 ` Keir Fraser
2010-09-15 9:26 ` Tim Deegan
2010-09-15 9:56 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 11:46 ` Keir Fraser
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 07/16] vmx: nest: switch current vmcs Qing He
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 08/16] vmx: nest: vmresume/vmlaunch Qing He
2010-09-15 9:52 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-15 11:30 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-20 5:19 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 09/16] vmx: nest: shadow controls Qing He
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 10/16] vmx: nest: L1 <-> L2 context switch Qing He
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 11/16] vmx: nest: interrupt handling Qing He
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 12/16] vmx: nest: VMExit handler in L2 Qing He
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 13/16] vmx: nest: L2 tsc Qing He
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 14/16] vmx: nest: CR0.TS and #NM Qing He
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 15/16] vmx: nest: capability reporting MSRs Qing He
2010-09-13 12:45 ` Tim Deegan
2010-09-15 10:05 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-15 14:28 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 14:45 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-16 14:10 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 16/16] vmx: nest: expose cpuid and CR4.VMXE Qing He
2010-09-15 9:43 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-13 13:10 ` [PATCH 00/16] Nested virtualization for VMX Tim Deegan
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