[Qemu-devel] Re: [6684] Fix "info registers" under kvm.

[Anthony Liguori]

Jan Kiszka wrote:
> Andrzej Zaborowski wrote:
>   
> > Revision: 6684
> >           http://svn.sv.gnu.org/viewvc/?view=rev&root=qemu&revision=6684
> > Author:   balrog
> > Date:     2009-03-04 21:00:07 +0000 (Wed, 04 Mar 2009)
> > Log Message:
> > -----------
> > Fix "info registers" under kvm.
> >
> > Modified Paths:
> > --------------
> >     trunk/target-i386/helper.c
> >
> > Modified: trunk/target-i386/helper.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- trunk/target-i386/helper.c  2009-03-04 19:25:22 UTC (rev 6683)
> > +++ trunk/target-i386/helper.c  2009-03-04 21:00:07 UTC (rev 6684)
> > @@ -578,6 +578,9 @@
> >      char cc_op_name[32];
> >      static const char *seg_name[6] = { "ES", "CS", "SS", "DS", "FS", "GS" };
> >  
> > +    if (kvm_enabled())
> > +        kvm_arch_get_registers(env);
> > +
> >      eflags = env->eflags;
> >  #ifdef TARGET_X86_64
> >      if (env->hflags & HF_CS64_MASK) {
> >
> >     
>
> On the one hand, this patch also takes care of sync'ing with KVM in case
> of cpu_dump_state on fatal exists. On the other hand, it only solves one
> part of monitor issue. See [1] for a more complete sync.
>
> I'm just still waiting for a reply from Anthony on how to embed best all
> the "if (kvm_enabled()) foo();" patterns [2]. That would also allow us
> to merge gdbstub support for upstream kvm.
>   

I really don't have a great suggestion.  I've been hoping we could come 
up with something better than if (kvm_enabled()) foo().  If we can't, we 
can't.

Regards,

Anthony Liguori

> Jan
>
> [1] http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/36994
> [2] http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.qemu/37067
>
>