linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/9] KVM: Make the instruction emulator aware of Nested Virtualization

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Message-ID: <20101129183212.GD15575@8bytes.org>
Date:	Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:32:12 +0100
From:	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
To:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc:	"Roedel, Joerg" <Joerg.Roedel@....com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	"kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/9] KVM: Make the instruction emulator aware of Nested
	Virtualization

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 12:23:38PM -0500, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
> (Sorry for late reply...)
> 
> On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 17:23:13 +0100, "Roedel, Joerg" said:
> > On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 10:17:53AM -0500, Avi Kivity wrote:
> > > On 11/25/2010 03:13 PM, Roedel, Joerg wrote:
> > > What about things like adding instructions and forgetting to add the 
> > > corresponding svm.c code?
> > Cannot happen. Every instruction that can be intercepted with SVM is
> > already handled in this patch-set.
> 
> Call us back when Intel releases the i9 and i11 with new instructions
> that need intercept handling. ;)

How does that affect SVM?

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