Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] xen: Introduce VM_EVENT_FLAG_SET_EIP

2015-09-21 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 18.09.15 at 21:19, wrote: > On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Razvan Cojocaru > wrote: >> I have nothing in principle against having a SET_REGISTERS flag instead >> of a SET_EIP one, but I am unsure of how (and where) that would be best >>

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] xen: Introduce VM_EVENT_FLAG_SET_EIP

2015-09-21 Thread Razvan Cojocaru
On 09/21/2015 11:53 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: On 18.09.15 at 21:19, wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Razvan Cojocaru >> wrote: >>> I have nothing in principle against having a SET_REGISTERS flag instead >>> of a SET_EIP one, but I am

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] xen: Introduce VM_EVENT_FLAG_SET_EIP

2015-09-18 Thread Tamas K Lengyel
On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Razvan Cojocaru wrote: > On 09/16/2015 06:57 PM, Tamas K Lengyel wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 5:19 AM, Razvan Cojocaru > > > wrote: > > > > A previous

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] xen: Introduce VM_EVENT_FLAG_SET_EIP

2015-09-16 Thread Razvan Cojocaru
On 09/16/2015 06:57 PM, Tamas K Lengyel wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 5:19 AM, Razvan Cojocaru > > wrote: > > A previous version of this patch dealing with support for skipping > the current instruction when a vm_event

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] xen: Introduce VM_EVENT_FLAG_SET_EIP

2015-09-16 Thread Tamas K Lengyel
On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 5:19 AM, Razvan Cojocaru wrote: > A previous version of this patch dealing with support for skipping > the current instruction when a vm_event response requested it > computed the instruction length in the hypervisor, adding non-trivial > code

[Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] xen: Introduce VM_EVENT_FLAG_SET_EIP

2015-09-15 Thread Razvan Cojocaru
A previous version of this patch dealing with support for skipping the current instruction when a vm_event response requested it computed the instruction length in the hypervisor, adding non-trivial code dependencies. This patch allows a userspace vm_event client to simply request that the guest's