Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: X86: remove read buffer for mmio read

[Gleb Natapov]

On Mon, Jul 09, 2012 at 03:49:05PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 07/09/2012 02:23 PM, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> > 
> >> kvm-unit-tests.git has a test for xchg to mmio.  Does it still work?
> >> 
> >> I agree this code has to go, but it needs to be replaced by something.
> >> Maybe a .valid flag in struct operand.
> >> 
> > Valid will not enough for that.
> 
> If we make everything go through operands, any reason why not?
> 
Ah I missed operand part. Thought about adding valid to x86.c mmio read
buffer. What about doing more complex things from MMIO, like task switch?

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			Gleb.
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