Re: [Xen-devel] [query] gic_update_one_lr r/w from ICH_LR rather than vcpu context lr

[Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

On 23/12/2014 04:43, manish jaggi wrote:
> In gic.c, gic_update_one_lr, gic_hw_ops is called to read and write to an LR.
The function gic_update_one_lr is only used to update the LRs of the 
current vCPU.
> why is read/write not done on the LRs stored in the vcpu context ?
The LR array in the vCPU context is only used when to save/restore the
state of the vGIC vCPU.

When the vCPU is not sync, the state of this LRs is invalid. Think about 
the vCPU running on another pCPU.
Regards,

--
Julien Grall

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