From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com>
To: "Dong, Eddie" <eddie.dong@intel.com>,
Tim Deegan <Tim.Deegan@eu.citrix.com>,
"He, Qing" <qing.he@intel.com>
Cc: "xen-devel@lists.xensource.com" <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 06/16] vmx: nest: handling VMX instruction exits
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:31:13 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <C8B634D1.22FA8%keir.fraser@eu.citrix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1A42CE6F5F474C41B63392A5F80372B22A8C214A@shsmsx501.ccr.corp.intel.com>
On 15/09/2010 07:49, "Dong, Eddie" <eddie.dong@intel.com> wrote:
>> 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.
>>
> Certainly fine to move those VMX instruction emulation to hvm/emulate.c as if
> you don't think that is VMX specific :)
It's the right place to put all instruction emulation, if at all possible.
You will then presumably require at least one or two call-back hooks to
caller context, at least to read/write VMCS, and that would be the place to
determine whether these VMX instructions are executable. For example, SVM
and PV emulation contexts would either leave the VMX callback hooks as NULL,
and/or there will be checks for is-nested-VMX-guest in the VMX callback
hooks, injecting #UD otherwise.
The main trick with x86_emulate extensions is determining the correct neat
small set of callback hooks to add, which is somewhat driven by deciding
what should be emulated within x86_emulate and what should be left without
for implementation in the caller's context.
-- Keir
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-09-15 7:31 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 [this message]
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
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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