>>> On 06.04.17 at 10:59, <a...@bitdefender.com> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 05, 2017 at 08:26:27AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote: >> >>> On 04.04.17 at 11:57, <a...@bitdefender.com> wrote: >> > --- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c >> > +++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c >> > @@ -3572,6 +3572,43 @@ gp_fault: >> > return X86EMUL_EXCEPTION; >> > } >> > >> > +int hvm_descriptor_access_intercept(uint64_t exit_info, >> > + uint64_t vmx_exit_qualification, >> > + uint8_t descriptor, bool is_write) >> >> Why uint8_t? > > The descriptor type from struct vm_event_desc_access is uint8_t since > there are only 4 possible descriptors: > >> > +#define VM_EVENT_DESC_IDTR 1 >> > +#define VM_EVENT_DESC_GDTR 2 >> > +#define VM_EVENT_DESC_LDTR 3 >> > +#define VM_EVENT_DESC_TR 4 > > Should it be something else?
Well, you should avoid fixed width types where they're not really needed (their use should signal a true dependency on the specified width). "unsigned int" would be quite fine here afaict. Jan _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org https://lists.xen.org/xen-devel