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authorkfraser@localhost.localdomain <kfraser@localhost.localdomain>2007-08-08 17:28:13 +0100
committerkfraser@localhost.localdomain <kfraser@localhost.localdomain>2007-08-08 17:28:13 +0100
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hvm: Handle hw_cr[] array a bit more sanely.
SVM for the most part does not need to use it at all, and this makes the code clearer. Signed-off-by: Keir Fraser <keir@xensource.com>
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/xen/include/asm-x86/hvm/vcpu.h b/xen/include/asm-x86/hvm/vcpu.h
index 990792e14a..c4ea85c189 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-x86/hvm/vcpu.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/hvm/vcpu.h
@@ -33,7 +33,12 @@ struct hvm_vcpu {
unsigned long guest_cr[5];
unsigned long guest_efer;
- /* Processor-visible control-register values, while guest executes. */
+ /*
+ * Processor-visible control-register values, while guest executes.
+ * CR0, CR4: Used as a cache of VMCS contents by VMX only.
+ * CR1, CR2: Never used (guest_cr[2] is always processor-visible CR2).
+ * CR3: Always used and kept up to date by paging subsystem.
+ */
unsigned long hw_cr[5];
struct hvm_io_op io_op;