From: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@cn.fujitsu.com>
To: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
Cc: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
KVM list <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
Jin Dongming <jin.dongming@np.css.fujitsu.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: IOAPIC: only access APIC registers one dword at a time
Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:56:20 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4C319024.9050300@cn.fujitsu.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4C318FAC.8010605@redhat.com>
Avi Kivity wrote:
>
>>> There might be guests that use incorrect access despite the
>>> documentation; if real hardware supports it, it should work. So we need
>>> to start with just a warning, and allow the access. Later we can drop
>>> the invalid access.
>>>
>> If the OS contravene the spec, i thinks it's the OS's bug, also, i
>> have tested some versions
>> windows/linux guests, it's no broken, can we directly drop the other
>> wide access?
>>
>
> Well, there's the spec and there's real life, but in this case we can
> try and if we see a problem we'll re-add the other access length.
>
OK, i'll do it as your suggestion, thanks.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-07-05 8:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-07-02 4:38 [PATCH] KVM: IOAPIC: only access APIC registers one dword at a time Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-02 7:31 ` Jin Dongming
2010-07-02 7:38 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-02 8:00 ` [PATCH v2] " Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-02 17:42 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2010-07-03 8:20 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-03 10:11 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-05 3:47 ` Xiao Guangrong
2010-07-05 6:23 ` Gleb Natapov
2010-07-05 7:54 ` Avi Kivity
2010-07-05 7:56 ` Xiao Guangrong [this message]
2010-07-05 8:25 ` Avi Kivity
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