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cmpl workaround for mmio regions

PATCH In review Arun Sharma 1 participant 1 message Jul 10, 2005

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PATCH 5/5 cmpl workaround for mmio regions

cmpl workaround for mmio regions

Although we don't normally expect a guest to use cmpl against a MMIO region, this may happen due to bugs. This workaround is needed for 64 bit linux-2.6.

xen/arch/x86/vmx_platform.c +12 -2
diff -r b3872674fc9a -r 8b35a59e4a23 xen/arch/x86/vmx_platform.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
 
     switch(mod) {
         case 0:
-            if (rm == 5) {
+            if (rm == 5 || rm == 4) {
                 if (op16)
                     inst = inst + 2; //disp16, skip 2 bytes
                 else
@@ -363,6 +363,11 @@
     }
 
     switch(*inst) {
+        case 0x81:
+            /* This is only a workaround for cmpl instruction*/
+            strcpy((char *)thread_inst->i_name, "cmp");
+            return DECODE_success;
+
         case 0x88:
             /* mov r8 to m8 */
             thread_inst->op_size = BYTE;
@@ -635,7 +640,6 @@
 
     __vmread(GUEST_RIP, &eip);
     __vmread(INSTRUCTION_LEN, &inst_len);
-
     __vmread(GUEST_RFLAGS, &eflags);
     vm86 = eflags & X86_EFLAGS_VM;
 
@@ -737,6 +741,12 @@
             inst_decoder_regs->eax, IOREQ_WRITE, 0);
         return;
     }
+    /* Workaround for cmp instruction */
+    if (!strncmp((char *)mmio_inst.i_name, "cmp", 3)) {
+        inst_decoder_regs->eflags &= ~X86_EFLAGS_ZF;
+        __vmwrite(GUEST_RFLAGS, inst_decoder_regs->eflags);
+        return;
+    }
 
     domain_crash_synchronous();
 }