Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH Altp2m cleanup 2/3 v9 1/2] Move altp2m specific functions to altp2m files.

2016-10-11 Thread Lai, Paul
On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 03:20:49PM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote: > On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 10:41:24AM -0700, Paul Lai wrote: [snip] > > + > > +for ( i = 0; i < MAX_ALTP2M; i++ ) > > +{ > > +rc = p2m_alloc_table(d->arch.altp2m_p2m[i]); > > +if ( rc != 0 ) { > > {

Re: [Xen-devel] `xl create` hang on skylake desktop

2016-10-11 Thread Lai, Paul
On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 10:29:52AM +0100, Wei Liu wrote: > On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 03:41:16PM +0800, Haozhong Zhang wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > > > On 10/10/16 13:31, Lai, Paul wrote: > > > Hi Shannon: > > > > > > I’m reporting that commit 38cd0664a6

[Xen-devel] `xl create` hang on skylake desktop

2016-10-10 Thread Lai, Paul
Hi Shannon: I’m reporting that commit 38cd0664a6bf1c3b887992ea029d2bb516f52c59 is causing a hang in the `xl create windows7` command on my skylake desktop. This is a regression from previous behavior. commit 38cd0664a6bf1c3b887992ea029d2bb516f52c59 Author: Shannon Zhao

Re: [Xen-devel] [Patch] x86emul: simplify prefix handling for VMFUNC

2016-09-30 Thread Lai, Paul
On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 01:47:56AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >>> On 27.09.16 at 19:43, wrote: > > Finally found the vmfunc opcode page in Vol 3 30.3, VMX Instruction > > Reference. > > Agreed, there's no mention of prefixes, "pfx", on this page. It appears > > that the

Re: [Xen-devel] [Patch] x86emul: simplify prefix handling for VMFUNC

2016-09-27 Thread Lai, Paul
On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 02:26:00AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >>> On 26.09.16 at 20:13, <paul.c@intel.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 10:22:32AM -0700, Lai, Paul wrote: > >> On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 02:39:58AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > &g

Re: [Xen-devel] [Patch] x86emul: simplify prefix handling for VMFUNC

2016-09-26 Thread Lai, Paul
On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 10:22:32AM -0700, Lai, Paul wrote: > On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 02:39:58AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > > >>> On 21.09.16 at 00:35, <paul.c@intel.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 09:50:15AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH Altp2m cleanup v5 1/3] altp2m cleanup work.

2016-09-26 Thread Lai, Paul
On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 10:01:50AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >>> On 13.09.16 at 18:46, wrote: > > Indent goto labels by one space. > > Inline (header) altp2m functions. > > In do_altp2m_op(), during the sanity check of the passed command, > > return -ENONSYS if not a valid

Re: [Xen-devel] [Patch] x86emul: simplify prefix handling for VMFUNC

2016-09-21 Thread Lai, Paul
On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 02:39:58AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >>> On 21.09.16 at 00:35, wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 09:50:15AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> > >> Paul, there's been no reply to > >>

Re: [Xen-devel] [Patch] x86emul: simplify prefix handling for VMFUNC

2016-09-20 Thread Lai, Paul
On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 09:50:15AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: > > Paul, there's been no reply to > https://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2016-09/msg00380.html > > Jan > Jan: The refered to patch, commit a1b1572833, adds a check for vmfunc. I look a little time to look at the SDM

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH Altp2m cleanup v4 2/4] altp2m cleanup work

2016-09-13 Thread Lai, Paul
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 11:47:35AM +0100, George Dunlap wrote: > On 08/09/16 17:45, Lai, Paul C wrote: > > [Paul2] in-line > > If you're going to engage in discussions on xen-devel it would really be > worth your time to find a mail setup that allows you to actually quote > p

[Xen-devel] trying to get started w/ osstest

2016-09-13 Thread Lai, Paul C
I'm looking to get started with osstest and running to some roadblocks. The page https://blog.xenproject.org/2013/02/02/xen-automatic-test-system-osstest/ looks like the place to begin, but 1. The README link returns 404 (file not found)

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH Altp2m cleanup v4 3/4] Move altp2m specific functions to altp2m files.

2016-09-08 Thread Lai, Paul C
[Paul2] in-line -Original Message- From: Jan Beulich [mailto:jbeul...@suse.com] Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 8:02 AM To: Lai, Paul C <paul.c@intel.com> Cc: george.dun...@citrix.com; Sahita, Ravi <ravi.sah...@intel.com>; xen-devel <xen-de...@lists.xenproject.o

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH Altp2m cleanup v4 2/4] altp2m cleanup work

2016-09-08 Thread Lai, Paul C
[Paul2] in-line -Original Message- From: Tamas K Lengyel [mailto:tamas.k.leng...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 9:07 AM To: Lai, Paul C <paul.c@intel.com> Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com>; xen-devel <xen-de...@lists.xenproject.org>; Sahi

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH Altp2m cleanup v4 2/4] altp2m cleanup work

2016-09-08 Thread Lai, Paul C
[Paul] in-line -Original Message- From: Jan Beulich [mailto:jbeul...@suse.com] Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 7:47 AM To: Lai, Paul C <paul.c@intel.com> Cc: george.dun...@citrix.com; Sahita, Ravi <ravi.sah...@intel.com>; xen-devel <xen-de...@lists.xenproject.o

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH Altp2m cleanup v4 1/4] x86/HVM: adjust feature checking in MSR intercept handling

2016-09-08 Thread Lai, Paul C
[Paul] in-line -Original Message- From: Jan Beulich [mailto:jbeul...@suse.com] Sent: Thursday, September 8, 2016 3:33 AM To: Lai, Paul C <paul.c@intel.com> Cc: george.dun...@citrix.com; Sahita, Ravi <ravi.sah...@intel.com>; xen-devel <xen-de...@lists.xenproject.o

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 Altp2m cleanup v3 3/3] Making altp2m struct dynamically allocated.

2016-09-02 Thread Lai, Paul C
[PAUL] in line -Original Message- From: Jan Beulich [mailto:jbeul...@suse.com] Sent: Friday, September 2, 2016 6:47 AM To: Lai, Paul C <paul.c@intel.com> Cc: george.dun...@citrix.com; Sahita, Ravi <ravi.sah...@intel.com>; xen-devel <xen-de...@lists.xenproject.o

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 Altp2m cleanup v3 2/3] Move altp2m specific functions to altp2m files.

2016-09-02 Thread Lai, Paul C
[PAUL] in-line Ravi -- please comment on swap comment below. -Original Message- From: Jan Beulich [mailto:jbeul...@suse.com] Sent: Friday, September 2, 2016 6:31 AM To: Lai, Paul C <paul.c@intel.com> Cc: george.dun...@citrix.com; Sahita, Ravi <ravi.sah...@intel.com>; xen

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 Altp2m cleanup 0/3] Cleaning up altp2m code

2016-08-03 Thread Lai, Paul C
Please disregard this submission for review. I forgot to rebase to current master and this patch is against a code base that is out of date. Apologies for the noise. -Original Message- From: Xen-devel [mailto:xen-devel-boun...@lists.xen.org] On Behalf Of Paul Lai Sent: Wednesday, August

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v1 Altp2m cleanup 1/3] altp2m cleanup work

2016-06-24 Thread Lai, Paul C
[Paul] inlined -Original Message- From: Jan Beulich [mailto:jbeul...@suse.com] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 11:19 PM To: Lai, Paul C <paul.c@intel.com> Cc: Sahita, Ravi <ravi.sah...@intel.com>; xen-devel <xen-de...@lists.xenproject.org> Subject: RE: [PATCH v1

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v1 Altp2m cleanup 1/3] altp2m cleanup work

2016-06-23 Thread Lai, Paul C
ng style within the file itself. I'm open to suggestions, -Paul -Original Message- From: Jan Beulich [mailto:jbeul...@suse.com] Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2016 8:45 AM To: Lai, Paul C <paul.c@intel.com> Cc: Sahita, Ravi <ravi.sah...@intel.com>; xen-devel <xen-de...@lists

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v1 Altp2m cleanup 0/3] Cleaning up altp2m code

2016-06-22 Thread Lai, Paul C
Regards, -Paul -Original Message- From: Jan Beulich [mailto:jbeul...@suse.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 8:54 AM To: Lai, Paul C <paul.c@intel.com> Cc: Sahita, Ravi <ravi.sah...@intel.com> Subject: RE: [PATCH v1 Altp2m cleanup 0/3] Cleaning up altp2m code >>>

Re: [Xen-devel] Patch to honor --enable-githttp

2016-05-04 Thread Lai, Paul C
Just re-submitted via `git send-email` ... hopefully the formatting is to your liking. Please let me know otherwise. -Paul -Original Message- From: Wei Liu [mailto:wei.l...@citrix.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 9:18 AM To: Lai, Paul C <paul.c@intel.com> Cc: Wei Liu

Re: [Xen-devel] Patch to honor --enable-githttp

2016-05-04 Thread Lai, Paul C
al Message- From: Wei Liu [mailto:wei.l...@citrix.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 4, 2016 2:42 AM To: Lai, Paul C <paul.c@intel.com> Cc: xen-de...@lists.xenproject.org; Wei Liu <wei.l...@citrix.com> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] Patch to honor --enable-githttp Hi Paul We are about to releas

[Xen-devel] Patch to honor --enable-githttp

2016-05-02 Thread Lai, Paul C
The following patch fixes the toplevel Xen makefile gereration to honor -enable-githttp if the option is used during configuration. commit 040510913564ec7e9f46ce833f8bdf1a40950ff7 Author: Paul Lai Date: Mon Apr 11 10:43:57 2016 -0700 Honor '--enable-githttp' in

[Xen-devel] Altp2m misbehavior

2016-05-02 Thread Lai, Paul C
Hello list: Been playing with the altp2m code and noticed that it's not behaving in Xen 4.7 tree. Two changesets have been identified as where the be behavior changes. The change is commit bd2239d9fa975a1ee5bcd27c218ae042cd0a57bc, x86/HVM: always intercept #AC and #DB where an executable

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCHv2 1/3] x86/fpu: improve check for XSAVE* not writing FIP/FDP fields

2016-03-19 Thread Lai, Paul C
Jan: We have an answer from the architects: "We can confirm that our CPUs do treat FIP as a 48-bit pointer. When loaded by one of the restore instructions, bit 47 is sign-extended into bits 63:48, making the result canonical. As a result, the save instructions will always save a canonical

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2016-02-24 Thread Lai, Paul C
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