Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Ignore non-zero data in unused xsave area.

2014-11-20 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 20.11.14 at 15:35, wrote: > On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 10:26:31 -0500 > Don Koch wrote: > >> If we restore an xsave area from an older xen that has a larger >> size than the xcr0 bit call for, it is possible to have non-zero >> data in the unused area if an xsave has ever been done that used >>

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Ignore non-zero data in unused xsave area.

2014-11-20 Thread Don Koch
This change can be ignored. Details below. On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 10:26:31 -0500 Don Koch wrote: > If we restore an xsave area from an older xen that has a larger > size than the xcr0 bit call for, it is possible to have non-zero > data in the unused area if an xsave has ever been done that used >

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Ignore non-zero data in unused xsave area.

2014-11-18 Thread Don Koch
On Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:35:42 + Jan Beulich wrote: > >>> On 18.11.14 at 16:26, wrote: > > If we restore an xsave area from an older xen that has a larger > > size than the xcr0 bit call for, it is possible to have non-zero > > data in the unused area if an xsave has ever been done that used >

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Ignore non-zero data in unused xsave area.

2014-11-18 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 18.11.14 at 16:26, wrote: > If we restore an xsave area from an older xen that has a larger > size than the xcr0 bit call for, it is possible to have non-zero > data in the unused area if an xsave has ever been done that used > that area (e.g. during a context switch). Since the vcpu's xsav

[Xen-devel] [PATCH] Ignore non-zero data in unused xsave area.

2014-11-18 Thread Don Koch
If we restore an xsave area from an older xen that has a larger size than the xcr0 bit call for, it is possible to have non-zero data in the unused area if an xsave has ever been done that used that area (e.g. during a context switch). Since the vcpu's xsave area is never zeroed after the initial a