Re: [RFC PATCH] emulator: Fix task switch into/out of VM86

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Am 10.01.2012 10:28, schrieb Kevin Wolf:
> Am 10.01.2012 10:01, schrieb Gleb Natapov:
>> On Mon, Jan 09, 2012 at 09:10:10PM +0100, Kevin Wolf wrote:
>>> * This works with VMX, but with SVM I have an additional problem: When
>>>   trying to exit VM86 (usually by an exception) through a task gate in
>>>   the IDT, the code runs into the reason = TASK_SWITCH_CALL path. I
>>>   searched a bit in the documentation, but didn't find any obvious way
>>>   to fix this.
>>>
>> Hmm, so exit_int_info is invalid during task switch exit even though
>> task switch was caused by an exception. I wonder is this the case when
>> vcpu is not in vm86 mode too?
> 
> No idea, I would have to try it out.

Did that now, and it looks like exit_int_info is always 0 during the
task switch intercept for a task gate in the IDT. So special-casing VM86
won't help, I'm afraid.

Kevin
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