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Re: [Qemu-devel] [qemu-s390x] [PATCH v10 3/6] s390x/kvm: enable AP instr


From: Thomas Huth
Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] [qemu-s390x] [PATCH v10 3/6] s390x/kvm: enable AP instruction interpretation for guest
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:19:12 +0200
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On 2018-10-09 19:52, Tony Krowiak wrote:
> From: Tony Krowiak <address@hidden>
> 
> Let's use the KVM_SET_DEVICE_ATTR ioctl to enable hardware
> interpretation of AP instructions executed on the guest.
> If the S390_FEAT_AP feature is switched on for the guest,
> AP instructions must be interpreted by default; otherwise,
> they will be intercepted.
> 
> This attribute setting may be overridden by a device. For example,
> a device may want to provide AP instructions to the guest (i.e.,
> S390_FEAT_AP turned on), but it may want to emulate them. In this
> case, the AP instructions executed on the guest must be
> intercepted; so when the device is realized, it must disable
> interpretation.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tony Krowiak <address@hidden>
> Tested-by: Pierre Morel<address@hidden>
> ---
>  target/s390x/kvm.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <address@hidden>



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