lists.openwall.net   lists  /  announce  owl-users  owl-dev  john-users  john-dev  passwdqc-users  yescrypt  popa3d-users  /  oss-security  kernel-hardening  musl  sabotage  tlsify  passwords  /  crypt-dev  xvendor  /  Bugtraq  Full-Disclosure  linux-kernel  linux-netdev  linux-ext4  linux-hardening  linux-cve-announce  PHC 
Open Source and information security mailing list archives
 
Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Date:	Mon, 1 Mar 2010 14:33:46 +0100
From:	Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@....com>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
CC:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] KVM: SVM: Use svm_msrpm_offset in
 nested_svm_exit_handled_msr

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:30:40PM +0200, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 02/25/2010 07:15 PM, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> >There is a generic function now to calculate msrpm offsets.
> >Use that function in nested_svm_exit_handled_msr() remove
> >the duplicate logic.
> >
> 
> Hm, if the function would also calculate the mask, then it would be
> useful for set_msr_interception() as well.

The set_msr_interception is the only caller which need this mask. I
prefer to let this calculation there. The msrpm merge function only
needs the offset.

	Joerg


--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/

Powered by blists - more mailing lists