Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/3] x86/HVM: support (emulate) UMIP

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 06.12.16 at 15:47, <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 06/12/16 11:44, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> This once again points out that handle_mmio() is rather badly named, as
>> it's about more than just MMIO. Since we have hvm_emulate_one()
>> already, I am, however, lacking an idea for a good alternative name.
> 
> As am I.  A number of its current uses are not for MMIO at all, and
> would ideally go with some further restriction of emulated instruction.

Actually meanwhile I think I have a plan here, which could go
together with renaming the function: To efficiently make use of
the new .validate() hook the emulator obtains with the PV priv-op
patch, I'd like to have callers of handle_mmio() pass in their hook
function (and I think we should not make this optional).

Jan


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