Re: AMD Geode NOPL emulation for kernel 2.6.36-rc2

[Avi Kivity]

 On 08/28/2010 02:07 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 08/27/2010 02:32 PM, Matteo Croce wrote:
> > can I ignore the return value when I expect val to be non zero?
> > the doc says: "On error, the variable @x is set to zero."
> No.  You need to deliver a page fault to the application in this case.
>
> The *real* test for this kind of crap is correct page fault behavior,
> and so forth.
>
> Also, at the very least you need to check for:
>
> - CS == USER_CS

Is that mandated by the ABI?  Is it illegal for an application to load a 
segment with a nonzero base into the LDT and use it for CS?

What about vm86?

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