Re: [PATCH v6 06/11] hvf: Simplify post reset/init/loadvm hooks

[Peter Maydell]

On Wed, 20 Jan 2021 at 22:44, Alexander Graf <agraf@csgraf.de> wrote:
>
> The hooks we have that call us after reset, init and loadvm really all
> just want to say "The reference of all register state is in the QEMU
> vcpu struct, please push it".
>
> We already have a working pushing mechanism though called cpu->vcpu_dirty,
> so we can just reuse that for all of the above, syncing state properly the
> next time we actually execute a vCPU.
>
> This fixes PSCI resets on ARM, as they modify CPU state even after the
> post init call has completed, but before we execute the vCPU again.
>
> To also make the scheme work for x86, we have to make sure we don't
> move stale eflags into our env when the vcpu state is dirty.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@csgraf.de>
> Reviewed-by: Roman Bolshakov <r.bolshakov@yadro.com>
> Tested-by: Roman Bolshakov <r.bolshakov@yadro.com>

What's the difference between HVF and KVM that means this code
doesn't have the same structure the KVM code does here?

thanks
-- PMM