Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 1/2] pvh: clearly specify used parameters in vcpu_guest_context

[Tim Deegan <tim@xxxxxxx>]

At 15:34 +0000 on 19 Nov (1384871686), Jan Beulich wrote:
> >> Also, by now honoring CR0 and CR4 settings, you again move
> >> towards the hybrid model (some fields honored, some refused)
> >> that was (I think by you) previously described as unacceptable.
> > 
> > From a strict POV we should just set cr3, flags and user_regs, but then
> > Tim mentioned also honouring cr0/cr4,
> 
> I understood his response to mean all fields, or none of them.

Yes, that is what I meant.  I think this API should either honour all
the fields (as it does for PV) or none of them (as for HVM).

I think it would be fine to do some subset for now and leave the API
experimental for 4.4, especially since we don't know what this will
look like on 32-bit yet.

Tim.

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