linux-kernel - RE: [RFC PATCH v3 0/2] selftests/x86: sysret

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Date:   Tue, 24 Jan 2023 23:58:51 +0000
From:   "Li, Xin3" <xin3.li@...el.com>
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        Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@...weeb.org>,
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Subject: RE: [RFC PATCH v3 0/2] selftests/x86: sysret_rip update for FRED
 system

> >>         assert(ctx->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_EFL] ==
> >>                ctx->uc_mcontext.gregs[REG_R11]);
> > On FRED systems, flags is 0x200a93 and r11 is 0xfeedfacedeadbeef here.
> 
> Is this under SIMICS, or elsewhere?  It's doubly weird that flags/%r11 match, but
> %rip/%rcx don't.

This is on Intel Simics, with FRED enabled.

Flags and %r11 don’t match on FRED, and %rip and %rcx also don't match.

I think it's expected.

Xin