Re: [PATCH 1/2 v5] powerpc/kvm: support to handle sw breakpoint

2014-09-09 Thread Madhavan Srinivasan
On Monday 08 September 2014 06:35 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: On 07.09.14 18:31, Madhavan Srinivasan wrote: This patch adds kernel side support for software breakpoint. Design is that, by using an illegal instruction, we trap to hypervisor via Emulation Assistance interrupt, where we check

Re: [PATCH 1/2 v5] powerpc/kvm: support to handle sw breakpoint

2014-09-08 Thread Alexander Graf
On 07.09.14 18:31, Madhavan Srinivasan wrote: This patch adds kernel side support for software breakpoint. Design is that, by using an illegal instruction, we trap to hypervisor via Emulation Assistance interrupt, where we check for the illegal instruction and accordingly we return to Host

[PATCH 1/2 v5] powerpc/kvm: support to handle sw breakpoint

2014-09-07 Thread Madhavan Srinivasan
This patch adds kernel side support for software breakpoint. Design is that, by using an illegal instruction, we trap to hypervisor via Emulation Assistance interrupt, where we check for the illegal instruction and accordingly we return to Host or Guest. Patch also adds support for software