RE: [PATCH 4/4] Fix task switching.

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Jan Kiszka wrote:
> 
> Gleb Natapov wrote:
> > The patch fixes two problems with task switching.
> > 1. Back link is written to a wrong TSS.
> > 2. Instruction emulation is not needed if the reason for task switch
> >    is a task gate in IDT and access to it is caused by an 
> external even.
> > 
> > 2 is currently solved only for VMX since there is not 
> reliable way to
> > skip an instruction in SVM. We should emulate it instead.
> 
> Does this series fix all issues Bernhard, Thomas and Julian 
> stumbled over?
> 
> Jan

I will try this today. Thanks.

Bernhard
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