Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH v3 1/2] x86: realmode: save and restore %es

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On 05/11/19 19:07, Jim Mattson wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 4:08 AM Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On 01/11/19 21:33, Bill Wendling wrote:
>>> Some of the code test sequences (e.g. push_es) clobber ES. That causes
>>> trouble for future rep string instructions. So save and restore ES
>>> around the test code sequence in exec_in_big_real_mode.
>>
>> You mean pop_es.  Applied with that change.
> 
> I think push_es and pop_es are both guilty of clobbering %es:
> 
> MK_INSN(push_es, "mov $0x231, %bx\n\t" //Just write a dummy value to
> see if it gets overwritten
> "mov $0x123, %ax\n\t"
> "mov %ax, %es\n\t"   <======= Here
> "push %es\n\t"
> "pop %bx \n\t"
> );
> 
> MK_INSN(pop_es, "push %ax\n\t"
> "pop %es\n\t"          <======== Here
> "mov %es, %bx\n\t"
> );

Intel vs AT&T always gets me...

Paolo




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