Sean Christopherson 0cbc60d44c KVM: x86: Use 16-bit fields to track dirty/valid emulator GPRs
Use a u16 instead of a u32 to track the dirty/valid status of GPRs in the
emulator.  Unlike struct kvm_vcpu_arch, x86_emulate_ctxt tracks only the
"true" GPRs, i.e. doesn't include RIP in its array, and so only needs to
track 16 registers.

Note, maxing out at 16 GPRs is a fundamental property of x86-64 and will
not change barring a massive architecture update.  Legacy x86 ModRM and
SIB encodings use 3 bits for GPRs, i.e. support 8 registers.  x86-64 uses
a single bit in the REX prefix for each possible reference type to double
the number of supported GPRs to 16 registers (4 bits).

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Message-Id: <20220526210817.3428868-5-seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2022-06-10 10:01:30 -04:00
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Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.
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