Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: VMX: Update instruction length on intercepted BP

Avi Kivity
2010-02-17T11:13:36Z

On 02/17/2010 12:43 PM, Gleb Natapov wrote:
>> And, again: This is an _existing_ user space ABI. We could only provide
>> an alternative, but we have to maintain what is there at least for some
>> longer grace period.
>>
>>
> But it was always broken for SVM and was broken for VMX for a year and
> nobody noticed, so may be instead of reintroducing old interface we should
> do it right this time?
>

We need to fix the existing interface first, and then think long and
hard if we want yet another interface, since we're likely to screw it up
as well.

The more interfaces we introduce, the harder maintenance becomes.

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