On 15/7/2021 7:19 pm, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
On 15/07/21 12:45, Like Xu wrote:
The original fixed number "8" was first introduced 11 years ago. Time has
passed and now let KVM report the true number of address space
identifiers
(ASIDs) that are supported by the processor returned in Fn8000_000A_EBX.
It helps user-space to make better decisions about guest values.
- entry->ebx = 8; /* Lets support 8 ASIDs in case we add proper
- ASID emulation to nested SVM */
Why, since we don't have ASID emulation yet anyway?
Paolo
I suppose you're right on the current state.
But do we have an explanation as to why it is hard-coded as 8
and not zero or a real supported number?
