Re: [PATCH] selftests: kvm: fix sync_regs_test with newer gccs

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 09/10/19 12:42, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> There is no practical difference with Vitaly's patch.  The first
>> _vcpu_run has no pre-/post-conditions on the value of %rbx:
> 
> I think what Sean was suggesting is to prevent GCC from inserting
> anything (and thus clobbering RBX) between the call to guest_call() and
> the beginning of 'asm volatile' block by calling *inside* 'asm volatile'
> block instead.

Yes, but there is no way that clobbering RBX will break the test,
because RBX is not initialized until after the first _vcpu_run succeeds.

Paolo