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    KVM: x86: Use 16-bit fields to track dirty/valid emulator GPRs · 0cbc60d4
    Sean Christopherson authored
    Use a u16 instead of a u32 to track the dirty/valid status of GPRs in the
    emulator.  Unlike struct kvm_vcpu_arch, x86_emulate_ctxt tracks only the
    "true" GPRs, i.e. doesn't include RIP in its array, and so only needs to
    track 16 registers.
    
    Note, maxing out at 16 GPRs is a fundamental property of x86-64 and will
    not change barring a massive architecture update.  Legacy x86 ModRM and
    SIB encodings use 3 bits for GPRs, i.e. support 8 registers.  x86-64 uses
    a single bit in the REX prefix for each possible reference type to double
    the number of supported GPRs to 16 registers (4 bits).
    Reviewed-by: default avatarKees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
    Message-Id: <20220526210817.3428868-5-seanjc@google.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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