KVM x86 emulator design question

KVM x86 emulator design question

[Nadav Amit]

Hi,

I would appreciate if someone briefly explains the design choice that leaded
to separating the x86 emulator from the rest of x86 code, i.e., making it
oblivious to VCPUs and using the x86_emulate_ops as an interface.

Thanks,
Nadav

Re: KVM x86 emulator design question

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 19/04/2015 15:16, Nadav Amit wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would appreciate if someone briefly explains the design choice that leaded
> to separating the x86 emulator from the rest of x86 code, i.e., making it
> oblivious to VCPUs and using the x86_emulate_ops as an interface.

I think the reason was to make it as easy as possible to use it in
usermode code, for example to write unit tests for it.

Paolo