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From: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
To: Anthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
Cc: Guillaume Thouvenin <guillaume.thouvenin@ext.bull.net>,
	"kvm@vger.kernel.org" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
	Anthony Liguori <aliguori@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Mohammed Gamal <m.gamal005@gmail.com>,
	"Kamble, Nitin A" <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>,
	laurent.vivier@bull.net, Alexander Graf <alex@csgraf.de>
Subject: Re: [Patch 4/7] RealMode: Adds support for jmp far 0xea
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 09:30:35 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <483CFC0B.9040208@qumranet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <483C53C8.6030400@us.ibm.com>

Anthony Liguori wrote:
>> @@ -1661,7 +1662,33 @@ special_insn:
>>          break;
>>      }
>>      case 0xe9: /* jmp rel */
>> -    case 0xeb: /* jmp rel short */
>> +        goto jmp;
>>   
>
> The cases don't have to be in ascending order.  Much better to leave 
> 0xeb here then have a jmp cross case boundaries.

I find that sorting helps finding opcodes quickly.  A simple search 
doesn't work due to ranges.

-- 
Do not meddle in the internals of kernels, for they are subtle and quick to panic.


      reply	other threads:[~2008-05-28  6:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20080527084115.2b0cfae1@frecb000711.frec.bull.fr>
     [not found] ` <20080527101923.77e62e21@frecb000711.frec.bull.fr>
2008-05-27 10:12   ` [Patch 6/7] RealMode: Adds support for mov seg, r (0x8e) instruction Avi Kivity
2008-05-27 12:49     ` Guillaume Thouvenin
     [not found] ` <20080527101933.68cdc7de@frecb000711.frec.bull.fr>
2008-05-27 10:14   ` [Patch 7/7] RealMode: Adds support for mov r, sreg (0x8c) instruction Avi Kivity
2008-05-27 13:05     ` Guillaume Thouvenin
2008-05-27 13:13       ` Guillaume Thouvenin
     [not found] ` <20080527101908.749cff41@frecb000711.frec.bull.fr>
2008-05-27 18:32   ` [Patch 4/7] RealMode: Adds support for jmp far 0xea Anthony Liguori
2008-05-28  6:30     ` Avi Kivity [this message]

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