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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: mask XSAVE in cpuid since we don't allowgu

To: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: mask XSAVE in cpuid since we don't allowguests to use it
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 09:40:45 -0700
Cc: Boris Derzhavets <bderzhavets@xxxxxxxxx>, Xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Marc - A. Dahlhaus \[ Administration | Westermann GmbH \]" <mad@xxxxxx>
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Keir Fraser wrote:
It seems reasonable to mask XSAVE for now though. I don't think it can
usefully be used without some Xen support.

You mean Xen support to deal with a new CPU context structure, or something requiring specific guest code, like what's needed to support sysenter/syscall?

   J

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