Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] target-i386: Use C struct for xsave area layout, offsets & sizes

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On 30/11/2015 18:34, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> target-i386/cpu.c:ext_save_area uses magic numbers for the xsave
> area offets and sizes, and target-i386/kvm.c:kvm_{put,get}_xsave()
> uses offset macros and bit manipulation to access the xsave area.
> This series changes both to use C structs for those operations.
> 
> I still need to figure out a way to write unit tests for the new
> code. Maybe I will just copy and paste the new and old functions,
> and test them locally (checking if they give the same results
> when translating blobs of random bytes).

I think it's easier to use small guests (i.e. kvm-unit-tests) to test
this code.

Paolo
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