linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 11/11] KVM: SVM: Don't call instruction emulator for invd and wbinvd

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Message-ID: <4B81028A.7080909@redhat.com>
Date:	Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:53:14 +0200
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
CC:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 11/11] KVM: SVM: Don't call instruction emulator for invd
 and wbinvd

On 02/19/2010 05:23 PM, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> There is an intercept for WBINVD and INVD in SVM so we don't
> need the instruction emulator. The primary reason is that
> the current instruction emulator fails to emulate these
> instructions and the rip is not advanced.
>    

The bios (at least bochs bios) does have wbinvd, so this ought to work.


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