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SubjectRe: [PATCH] KVM: fix mov immediate emulation for 64-bit operands
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On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com> wrote:
> On 01/08/2012 04:05 PM, Avi Kivity wrote:
>> >
>> > Avi, please acknowledge adding OpImm64.
>>
>> Yes, OpImm64 is the cleanest IMO.  Note it doesn't even cost us a bit.

Very well - I'll submit a revised patch later.

>
> Note, usually I'd ask for a unit test to accompany the fix, but the
> current framework only supports testing instructions that have a memroy
> operand.  So you're off the hook for now, unless you'd like to extend
> the framework.

Unfortunately, I don't. I am doing some odd things with KVM that cause
me to encounter emulator bugs.
I am likely to submit another patch or two as the emulation code has
additional "issues" handling EPT violations (especially on non-memory
operands).

Regards,
Nadav
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