Re: [RFC PATCH v3 08/31] KVM: selftests: Require GCC to realign stacks on function entry

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On Wed, Feb 15, 2023, Maciej S. Szmigiero wrote:
> On 15.02.2023 01:50, Ackerley Tng wrote:
> > To fix this, I propose that in vm_arch_vcpu_add(), we align the
> > allocated stack address and then subtract 8 from that:
> 
> Note that if this code is ever used to launch a vCPU with 32-bit entry
> point it will need to subtract 4 bytes instead of 8 bytes.
> 
> I think it would be worthwhile to at least place a comment mentioning
> this near the stack aligning expression so nobody misses this fact.

Heh, I've no objection to a comment, though this really is the tip of the iceberg
if we want to add 32-bit guest support in selftests.



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