From: Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
To: Jeff Dike <jdike-OPE4K8JWMJJBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org>
Cc: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org,
LKML <linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM - Fix rmode_tss_base declaration
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 08:09:48 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4667931C.8070007@qumranet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070607031103.GA12462-1LLyehjZOUUZWFFyALql+T+iFHGzDt/a@public.gmane.org>
Jeff Dike wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 07, 2007 at 10:13:42AM +0800, Li, Xin B wrote:
>
>>> -static int rmode_tss_base(struct kvm* kvm)
>>> +static unsigned long rmode_tss_base(struct kvm* kvm)
>>>
>> Should use gpa_t instead.
>>
>
> Right you are, I didn't notice that type.
>
>
Some extra logic is needed on i386 with >= 4GB. Current code will
wraparound since gfn_t is 32-bits long, but casting it to 64-bits is not
the answer since the processor will truncate it back to 32 bits (the
return value is eventually used as a long in enter_rmode()).
--
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-06-07 5:09 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-06-06 19:19 [PATCH] KVM - Fix rmode_tss_base declaration Jeff Dike
[not found] ` <20070606191925.GA8989-1LLyehjZOUUZWFFyALql+T+iFHGzDt/a@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-07 2:13 ` Li, Xin B
[not found] ` <B30DA1341B0CFA4893EF8A36B40B5C5D013A32CB-wq7ZOvIWXbNpB2pF5aRoyrfspsVTdybXVpNB7YpNyf8@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-07 3:11 ` Jeff Dike
[not found] ` <20070607031103.GA12462-1LLyehjZOUUZWFFyALql+T+iFHGzDt/a@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-07 5:09 ` Avi Kivity [this message]
[not found] ` <4667931C.8070007-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-06-08 19:44 ` Jeff Dike
2007-06-10 7:36 ` [kvm-devel] " Avi Kivity
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