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[Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] Use hypercalls instead of accessing debug regist

To: Arun Sharma <arun.sharma@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] Re: [PATCH] Use hypercalls instead of accessing debug registers directly.
From: Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 09:49:32 +0100
Cc: Ian Pratt <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Ian Pratt <Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On 8 Jul 2005, at 00:38, Arun Sharma wrote:

Use hypercalls instead of accessing debug registers directly.
Is this based on measurement? If the debug registers aren't on the
critical path its probably not worth the change. If they are, they
should probably be part of a multicall.

It's not on the critical path. We probably should just emulate the instruction on the GP fault.

I've now added the emulation.

 -- keir


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