Re: [PATCH] disable interrupt shadow state for emulated instruction

[Avi Kivity]

Glauber Costa wrote:
> > How does this logic work when the instruction emulated is an STI or MOV  
> > SS instruction?  In particular, when does GUEST_INTERRUPTIBILITY_INFO  
> > sets set to reflect the *blocking* operation?
> >     
> mov ss is a non-issue, since it is executed natively.
>   

Except in big real mode (needs emulate_invalid_guest_state = 1).

> As for sti, I'm not sure. I see code for emulating sti, but in my testings,
> this code was never ever touched, under a number of different scenarios.
> Avi, can you clarify if sti can be in fact emulated, and under which
> circunstamces? 
>   

big real mode only.



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