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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xc_resume: fix modify_returncode when PV guest w

To: Brendan Cully <brendan@xxxxxxxxx>, Xen Developers <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xc_resume: fix modify_returncode when PV guest width != host width
From: Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:09:58 +0000
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On 04/11/2009 21:03, "Brendan Cully" <brendan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It seems that xm save -c breaks PV guests when their address width
> does not match that of domain 0. It looks to me like modify_returncode
> is treating the guest VCPU context as native format, but honestly I
> don't quite understand the purpose of vcpu_guest_context_any_t.c.
> 
> I suspect I'm missing something obvious about how the compat code is
> supposed to work, but at any rate, the attached patch fixes things for
> me.

No, the code's just stupid and broken. There's a similar bug in
xc_domain_resume_any(), accessing ctxt.c.user_regs.edx. I will fix both.

 Thanks,
 Keir
 



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