From: Qing He <qing.he@intel.com>
To: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com>
Cc: Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@eu.citrix.com>,
"xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>,
"Dong, Eddie" <eddie.dong@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/16] vmx: nest: handling VMX instruction exits
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:17:06 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100915071706.GA23507@qhe2-db> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <C8B628F9.22F79%keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com>
On Wed, 2010-09-15 at 14:40 +0800, Keir Fraser wrote:
> On 15/09/2010 05:55, "Dong, Eddie" <eddie.dong@intel.com> wrote:
>
> >>> +enum x86_segment sreg_to_index[] = {
> >>> + [VMX_SREG_ES] = x86_seg_es,
> >>> + [VMX_SREG_CS] = x86_seg_cs,
> >>> + [VMX_SREG_SS] = x86_seg_ss,
> >>> + [VMX_SREG_DS] = x86_seg_ds,
> >>> + [VMX_SREG_FS] = x86_seg_fs,
> >>> + [VMX_SREG_GS] = x86_seg_gs,
> >>> +};
> >>
> >> Since you dislike adding new namespaces and translations, I'm sure you
> >> can get rid of these. :) It might even simplify some of the macros
> >> below.
> >
> > True, some dupcation here. Regarding following definition in x86_emulate.c, we
> > can reuse.
>
> AFAICS if you must have your own extra instruction decoder, a few register
> translation definitions and arrays is the least of it really. I'd rather
> keep x86_emulate clean and separate rather than become intertwined with
> another emulator.
>
> What is wrong with simply extending x86_emulate to handle these VMX-related
> instructions? We've dealt with emulators provided by Intel guys in the past
> and frankly they were full of holes.
That needs additional callback when handling vmcs and state change,
doesn't it? I'm a little worried that it's too vmx-specific to get
into x86_emulate, and that's why we used a separate decoder in the
first place (I know it's ugly, though).
And if we are to use x86_emulate, is it possible to avoid redecoding the
opcode, because exit reason is already there?
Thanks,
Qing
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-15 7:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 68+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-09-08 15:22 [PATCH 00/16] Nested virtualization for VMX Qing He
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 01/16] vmx: nest: rename host_vmcs Qing He
2010-09-10 13:27 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 02/16] vmx: nest: wrapper for control update Qing He
2010-09-10 13:29 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 03/16] vmx: nest: nested availability and status flags Qing He
2010-09-15 11:43 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-15 14:18 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 04/16] vmx: nest: nested control structure Qing He
2010-09-09 6:13 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 11:27 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-15 13:06 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 13:17 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-15 13:31 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-15 13:46 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 14:02 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 05/16] vmx: nest: virtual vmcs layout Qing He
2010-09-13 10:29 ` Tim Deegan
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 06/16] vmx: nest: handling VMX instruction exits Qing He
2010-09-10 7:05 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-13 11:11 ` Tim Deegan
2010-09-13 14:29 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-13 14:46 ` Tim Deegan
2010-09-13 11:10 ` Tim Deegan
2010-09-15 4:55 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 6:40 ` Keir Fraser
2010-09-15 6:49 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 7:31 ` Keir Fraser
2010-09-15 8:15 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-15 8:23 ` Keir Fraser
2010-09-15 9:08 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 11:39 ` Keir Fraser
2010-09-15 12:36 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 13:12 ` Keir Fraser
2010-09-20 3:13 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-20 8:08 ` Keir Fraser
2010-09-20 9:33 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-20 9:41 ` Keir Fraser
2010-09-20 13:10 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-20 9:41 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-20 13:14 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 7:17 ` Qing He [this message]
2010-09-15 7:38 ` Keir Fraser
2010-09-15 7:56 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 8:15 ` Keir Fraser
2010-09-15 9:26 ` Tim Deegan
2010-09-15 9:56 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 11:46 ` Keir Fraser
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 07/16] vmx: nest: switch current vmcs Qing He
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 08/16] vmx: nest: vmresume/vmlaunch Qing He
2010-09-15 9:52 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-15 11:30 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-20 5:19 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 09/16] vmx: nest: shadow controls Qing He
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 10/16] vmx: nest: L1 <-> L2 context switch Qing He
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 11/16] vmx: nest: interrupt handling Qing He
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 12/16] vmx: nest: VMExit handler in L2 Qing He
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 13/16] vmx: nest: L2 tsc Qing He
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 14/16] vmx: nest: CR0.TS and #NM Qing He
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 15/16] vmx: nest: capability reporting MSRs Qing He
2010-09-13 12:45 ` Tim Deegan
2010-09-15 10:05 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-15 14:28 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-15 14:45 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-16 14:10 ` Dong, Eddie
2010-09-08 15:22 ` [PATCH 16/16] vmx: nest: expose cpuid and CR4.VMXE Qing He
2010-09-15 9:43 ` Christoph Egger
2010-09-13 13:10 ` [PATCH 00/16] Nested virtualization for VMX Tim Deegan
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