linux-kernel - Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH 3/3] KVM

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Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2007 13:41:04 -0400
From:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
To:	Anthony Liguori <anthony@...emonkey.ws>
Cc:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>,
	KVM devel <kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH 3/3] KVM - add hypercall nr to kvm_run

On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 11:28:18AM -0500, Anthony Liguori wrote:
> Within the kernel right (VMCALL is only usable in ring 1).  

Yup.

> Is it 
> terribly important to be able to pass through the syscall arguments in 
> registers verses packing them in a data structure and passing a pointer 
> to that structure?

An arg block would be fine, too.

				Jeff

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