mirror of
https://github.com/AuxXxilium/linux_dsm_epyc7002.git
synced 2025-01-20 12:56:07 +07:00
61c08aa960
The vCPU-run asm blob does a manual comparison of a VMCS' launched
status to execute the correct VM-Enter instruction, i.e. VMLAUNCH vs.
VMRESUME. The launched flag is a bool, which is a typedef of _Bool.
C99 does not define an exact size for _Bool, stating only that is must
be large enough to hold '0' and '1'. Most, if not all, compilers use
a single byte for _Bool, including gcc[1].
Originally, 'launched' was of type 'int' and so the asm blob used 'cmpl'
to check the launch status. When 'launched' was moved to be stored on a
per-VMCS basis, struct vcpu_vmx's "temporary" __launched flag was added
in order to avoid having to pass the current VMCS into the asm blob.
The new '__launched' was defined as a 'bool' and not an 'int', but the
'cmp' instruction was not updated.
This has not caused any known problems, likely due to compilers aligning
variables to 4-byte or 8-byte boundaries and KVM zeroing out struct
vcpu_vmx during allocation. I.e. vCPU-run accesses "junk" data, it just
happens to always be zero and so doesn't affect the result.
[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2000-10/msg01127.html
Fixes:
|
||
---|---|---|
.. | ||
boot | ||
configs | ||
crypto | ||
entry | ||
events | ||
hyperv | ||
ia32 | ||
include | ||
kernel | ||
kvm | ||
lib | ||
math-emu | ||
mm | ||
net | ||
oprofile | ||
pci | ||
platform | ||
power | ||
purgatory | ||
ras | ||
realmode | ||
tools | ||
um | ||
video | ||
xen | ||
.gitignore | ||
Kbuild | ||
Kconfig | ||
Kconfig.cpu | ||
Kconfig.debug | ||
Makefile | ||
Makefile_32.cpu | ||
Makefile.um |