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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] vmwrite high 32 bits of 64bit VMCS fields when i

To: "Li, Xin B" <xin.b.li@xxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] vmwrite high 32 bits of 64bit VMCS fields when in PAE mode
From: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:57:08 +0100
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Is this necessary? Writes to low halves clear top halves, and these data
structures will always be below 4GB, right?

Are you just being super safe? :-)

 -- Keir

On 10/7/07 16:52, "Li, Xin B" <xin.b.li@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> vmwrite higher 32 bits of 64bit VMCS fields when in PAE mode.
> Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin.b.li@xxxxxxxxx>
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