Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: x86: correct mwait and monitor emulation

[Gabriel L. Somlo]

On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 10:59:14AM -0700, Eric Northup wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 7:19 AM, Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > mwait and monitor are currently handled as nop. Considering this behavior, they
> > should still be handled correctly, i.e., check execution conditions and generate
> > exceptions when required. mwait and monitor may also be executed in real-mode
> > and are not handled in that case.  This patch performs the emulation of
> > monitor-mwait according to Intel SDM (other than checking whether interrupt can
> > be used as a break event).
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

How about this instead (details in the commit log below) ? Please let
me know what you think, and if you'd prefer me to send it out as a
separate patch rather than a reply to this thread.

Thanks,
--Gabriel