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Re: [PATCH 5/7] x86: Introduce x86_merge_dr6()


  • To: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 13:37:49 +0200
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On 15.09.2023 22:36, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> The current logic used to update %dr6 when injecting #DB is buggy.
> 
> The SDM/APM documention on %dr6 updates is far from ideal, but does at least
> make clear that it's non-trivial.  The actual behaviour is to overwrite
> B{0..3} and accumulate all other bits.

As mentioned before, I'm okay to ack this patch provided it is explicitly said
where the information is coming from. Just saying that SDM/PM are incomplete
isn't enough, sorry. With that added (can't really be R-b, I'm afraid):
Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>

Jan



 


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