Re: [PATCH v3 4/7] x86/paravirt: remove 32-bit support from PARAVIRT_XXL

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 12:02:59PM +0200, Jürgen Groß wrote:
> On 07.08.20 11:39, peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 07, 2020 at 10:38:23AM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> > 
> > > -# else
> > > -	const unsigned char	cpu_iret[1];
> > > -# endif
> > >   };
> > >   static const struct patch_xxl patch_data_xxl = {
> > > @@ -42,7 +38,6 @@ static const struct patch_xxl patch_data_xxl = {
> > >   	.irq_save_fl		= { 0x9c, 0x58 },	// pushf; pop %[re]ax
> > >   	.mmu_read_cr2		= { 0x0f, 0x20, 0xd0 },	// mov %cr2, %[re]ax
> > >   	.mmu_read_cr3		= { 0x0f, 0x20, 0xd8 },	// mov %cr3, %[re]ax
> > > -# ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> > >   	.mmu_write_cr3		= { 0x0f, 0x22, 0xdf },	// mov %rdi, %cr3
> > >   	.irq_restore_fl		= { 0x57, 0x9d },	// push %rdi; popfq
> > >   	.cpu_wbinvd		= { 0x0f, 0x09 },	// wbinvd
> > > @@ -50,19 +45,11 @@ static const struct patch_xxl patch_data_xxl = {
> > >   				    0x48, 0x0f, 0x07 },	// swapgs; sysretq
> > >   	.cpu_swapgs		= { 0x0f, 0x01, 0xf8 },	// swapgs
> > >   	.mov64			= { 0x48, 0x89, 0xf8 },	// mov %rdi, %rax
> > > -# else
> > > -	.mmu_write_cr3		= { 0x0f, 0x22, 0xd8 },	// mov %eax, %cr3
> > > -	.irq_restore_fl		= { 0x50, 0x9d },	// push %eax; popf
> > > -	.cpu_iret		= { 0xcf },		// iret
> > > -# endif
> > 
> > I was looking at x86_64 paravirt the other day and found we actually
> > have pv_ops.cpu.iret users there..
> 
> On x86_64 we have (without PARAVIRT_XXL):
> 
> #define INTERRUPT_RETURN        jmp native_iret
> 
> and with PARAVIRT_XXL this is basically a jmp *pv_ops.cpu.iret which
> will then be patched to either jmp native_iret or jmp xen_iret.

Ah, okay. Clearly I didn't look hard enough. Thanks!
_______________________________________________
Virtualization mailing list
Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization




[Index of Archives]     [KVM Development]     [Libvirt Development]     [Libvirt Users]     [CentOS Virtualization]     [Netdev]     [Ethernet Bridging]     [Linux Wireless]     [Kernel Newbies]     [Security]     [Linux for Hams]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Yosemite Forum]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux RAID]     [Linux Admin]     [Samba]

  Powered by Linux