[Xen-devel] [PATCH v4] x86/Intel: virtualize support for cpuid faulting

[Kyle Huey <me@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

rr (http://rr-project.org/), a Linux userspace record-and-replay reverse-
execution debugger, would like to trap and emulate the CPUID instruction.
This would allow us to a) mask away certain hardware features that rr does
not support (e.g. RDRAND) and b) enable trace portability across machines
by providing constant results. Patches for support in the Linux kernel are in
flight, and we'd like to be able to use this feature on virtualized Linux
instances as well.

Changes since v3:
Patch 1:
- Added Reviewed-by lines.

Patch 2:
- Check cpuid_fault before getting the segment register to avoid unnecessary
  work.
- Move cpuid_fault checking logic for hvm domains into a new function
  hvm_check_cpuid_fault.
- Emulating cpuid faulting in the hvmemul code, being careful to emulate
  cpuid faulting only if we're actually emulating cpuid.


_______________________________________________
Xen-devel mailing list
Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel