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| author | Sean Christopherson <[email protected]> | 2022-05-26 21:08:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]> | 2022-06-10 10:01:30 -0400 |
| commit | 0cbc60d44c35b1070eb4070b499164d27d050576 (patch) | |
| tree | ce1cfd691810beb5465fded0c0a621e6737b138b /tools/perf/scripts/python | |
| parent | a5ba67b42f07952ec45755bbdd66d7c6e49f555c (diff) | |
KVM: x86: Use 16-bit fields to track dirty/valid emulator GPRs
Use a u16 instead of a u32 to track the dirty/valid status of GPRs in the
emulator. Unlike struct kvm_vcpu_arch, x86_emulate_ctxt tracks only the
"true" GPRs, i.e. doesn't include RIP in its array, and so only needs to
track 16 registers.
Note, maxing out at 16 GPRs is a fundamental property of x86-64 and will
not change barring a massive architecture update. Legacy x86 ModRM and
SIB encodings use 3 bits for GPRs, i.e. support 8 registers. x86-64 uses
a single bit in the REX prefix for each possible reference type to double
the number of supported GPRs to 16 registers (4 bits).
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <[email protected]>
Message-Id: <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]>
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