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Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20180503120928.gsqwreqnu5sllzw2@um.fi.intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.78 on 10.11.54.3 X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.11.55.1]); Thu, 03 May 2018 12:31:11 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: inspected by milter-greylist-4.5.16 (mx1.redhat.com [10.11.55.1]); Thu, 03 May 2018 12:31:11 +0000 (UTC) for IP:'10.11.54.3' DOMAIN:'int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com' HELO:'smtp.corp.redhat.com' FROM:'pbonzini@redhat.com' RCPT:'' Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 03/05/2018 14:09, Alexander Shishkin wrote: >>> 1. Do we have an event in pt_ctx? >>> * No -> Set up the context for VMX. >>> * Yes -> 2. Is attr.exclude_guest set? >>> * No -> Guest trace goes to the host's buffer, do nothing. >>> * Yes -> Set up/switch the context for VMX. >> Can you explain this more clearly? > Let's see; in the intel_pt driver we have a per-cpu PT "context", from which > we can tell if there is a host event that wants to trace the guest. This > should provide enough information to make a decision whether we want to > context switch PT MSRs or not on the spot, instead of having a module > parameter. I still don't understand how the host event is useful... Paolo