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[Xen-devel] Is it safe to hvm_emulate_one() an MMX instruction?


  • To: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • From: Razvan Cojocaru <rzvncj@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:30:40 +0300
  • Delivery-date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:30:58 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xen.org>

Hello,

assuming that RIP points to just before a MMX instruction (such as
'movdqu [some_address],xmm0'), is it safe to call hvm_emulate_one() in
the hypervisor? Are MMX instructions handled in a special manner?


Thanks,
Razvan Cojocaru

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