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RE: [PATCH 4/4] target/i386: add live migration support for FRED
From: |
Li, Xin3 |
Subject: |
RE: [PATCH 4/4] target/i386: add live migration support for FRED |
Date: |
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 06:41:46 +0000 |
> > FRED CPU states are managed in 10 FRED MSRs, in addtion to a few
> > existing CPU registers and MSRs, e.g., the CR4.FRED bit.
> >
> > Add the 10 new FRED MSRs to x86 CPUArchState for live migration support.
> >
>
> IMO, it's better to split this patch into two, one is for FRED MSR access,
> the other
> is for LM support.
>
> And move the FRED MSRs from basic x86_cpu part to .subsections part because
> FRED doesn't belong to basic CPU registers. In the .subsections part, you may
> define a struct to hold FRED MSRs then add .needed callback helper for QEMU
> to
> query whether FRED MSRs are necessary for live migration.
Good point!
>
> See other features, e.g., vmstate_msr_intel_sgx