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Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] x86/HVM: don't (almost) open-code POP_GPRS
- To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
- From: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2026 15:08:46 +0100
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- Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, Wei Liu <wl@xxxxxxx>, Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>, "xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Delivery-date: Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:09:07 +0000
- List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>
On 02/07/2026 2:18 pm, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 02.07.2026 13:31, Andrew Cooper wrote:
>> On 02/07/2026 11:55 am, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>> It can be used as-is for VMX. For SVM the special treatment of %rax needs
>>> accounting for.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> This is the minimum required as a prereq to the next patch (to avoid the
>>> need for custom adjustments in the two places). We could go further and
>>> switch to using PUSH_AND_CLEAR_GPRS at the same time.
>> I've got several part-series that result in purging SAVE_ALL/RESTORE_ALL.
>>
>> If you want to put this patch in, then Acked-by: Andrew Cooper
>> <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Thanks. Yes, I think I'll put it in as one small piece in the move.
>
>> but I firmly want to finish my series before
>> patch 2 adds yet-more complexity to macros which I'm wanting to remove
>> for being too complicated already.
> Well, if you make this a strict prereq, then I might as well make one or
> more patches myself to replace at least the SAVE_ALL the next patch needs
> to fiddle with. Or else I'd like to understand when you expect your work
> to arrive, as this series imo is one of those which have already been
> blocked for far too long.
Get this patch committed, which will resolve the skip_rax issue holding
up my last attempt to make progress here.
I'll then rebase and try to collect everything together.
~Andrew
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