On 13/04/16 13:26, Razvan Cojocaru wrote:
> LOCK-prefixed instructions are currenly allowed to run in parallel
> in x86_emulate(), which can lead the guest into an undefined state.
> This patch fixes the issue.

Is this sufficient?  What if another VCPU is running on another PCPU and
doing an unemulated LOCK-prefixed instruction to the same memory address?

This other VCPU could be for another domain (or Xen for that matter).

David

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