From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@gmail.com>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Nadav Amit <namit@cs.technion.ac.il>,
gleb@kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com,
x86@kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 9/9] KVM: x86: smsw emulation is incorrect in 64-bit mode
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 08:04:22 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <539086F6.8000004@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CB894343-EC15-4A5D-B461-B012FC19FC3A@gmail.com>
On 06/05/2014 08:02 AM, Nadav Amit wrote:
>> I'm sorry, I'm missing the place where 64-bit mode is taken into account?
> It is not, since on 32-bit mode the high-order 16 bits of a register destination are undefined.
> If I recall correctly, in this case the high-order 16-bits on native
system actually reflect the high-order 16-bits of CR0.
This sounds like something that really should be verified
experimentally. The above claim seems... odd.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-06-05 15:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-06-02 15:34 [PATCH 0/9] KVM: x86: Fixes for various emulator bugs Nadav Amit
2014-06-02 15:34 ` [PATCH 1/9] KVM: x86: Mark VEX-prefix instructions emulation as unimplemented Nadav Amit
2014-06-02 15:34 ` [PATCH 2/9] KVM: x86: Emulator ignores LDTR/TR extended base on LLDT/LTR Nadav Amit
2014-06-02 15:34 ` [PATCH 3/9] KVM: x86: Loading segments on 64-bit mode may be wrong Nadav Amit
2014-06-02 15:34 ` [PATCH 4/9] KVM: x86: sgdt and sidt are not privilaged Nadav Amit
2014-06-02 15:34 ` [PATCH 5/9] KVM: x86: cmpxchg emulation should compare in reverse order Nadav Amit
2014-06-02 15:34 ` [PATCH 6/9] KVM: x86: movnti minimum op size of 32-bit is not kept Nadav Amit
2014-06-02 15:34 ` [PATCH 7/9] KVM: x86: rdpmc emulation checks the counter incorrectly Nadav Amit
2014-06-02 15:34 ` [PATCH 8/9] KVM: x86: Return error on cmpxchg16b emulation Nadav Amit
2014-06-02 15:34 ` [PATCH 9/9] KVM: x86: smsw emulation is incorrect in 64-bit mode Nadav Amit
2014-06-05 14:53 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-06-05 15:02 ` Nadav Amit
2014-06-05 15:04 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2014-06-05 15:27 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-06-05 23:56 ` [PATCH kvm-unit-tests 0/2] x86: Additional smsw tests Nadav Amit
2014-06-05 23:56 ` [PATCH kvm-unit-tests1/2] x86: emulator: additional smsw test-case Nadav Amit
2014-06-09 11:36 ` Paolo Bonzini
2014-06-05 23:56 ` [PATCH kvm-unit-tests 2/2] x86: realmode: test smsw behavior with register operand Nadav Amit
2014-06-06 8:04 ` [PATCH kvm-unit-tests 0/2] x86: Additional smsw tests Paolo Bonzini
2014-06-08 10:02 ` [PATCH kvm-unit-tests v2] x86: emulator: long mode " Nadav Amit
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