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Re: [PATCH] x86: Introduce X86_ET_* constants in x86-defns.h


  • To: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 08:43:05 +0200
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  • Cc: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>, Xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Delivery-date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 06:43:16 +0000
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On 03.10.2024 19:04, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> The FRED spec architecturalises the Event Type encoding, previously exposed
> only in VMCB/VMCS fields.
> 
> Introduce the constants in x86-defns.h, making them a bit more consice, and
> retire enum x86_event_type.
> 
> Take the opportunity to introduce X86_ET_OTHER.  It's absence appears to be a
> bug in Introspection's Monitor Trap Flag support, when considering VECTORING
> events during another VMExit.
> 
> No functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>

> --- a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/x86-defns.h
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/x86-defns.h
> @@ -204,4 +204,13 @@
>  #define X86_MT_UCM    0x07 /* UC- */
>  #define X86_NUM_MT    0x08
>  
> +/* Event Types. */
> +#define X86_ET_EXT_INTR    0 /* External Interrupt */
> +#define X86_ET_NMI         2 /* NMI */
> +#define X86_ET_HW_EXC      3 /* Hardware Exception (#PF/#GP/etc) */
> +#define X86_ET_SW_INT      4 /* Software Interrupt (INT $n) */
> +#define X86_ET_PRIV_SW_EXC 5 /* Privileged Software Exception (ICEBP/INT1) */
> +#define X86_ET_SW_EXC      6 /* Software Exception (INT3, INTO) */
> +#define X86_ET_OTHER       7 /* Misc event: MTF=0, SYSCALL=1, SYSENTER=2 */

ET could of course mean a lot of things; sadly no sufficiently short but
still less ambiguous alternative comes to mind, so ET is going to be it.

Jan



 


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