Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2 0/2] X86/HMP: Expose x86 model specific registers via human monitor

[Eric Blake]

On 03/13/2017 11:59 AM, Julian Kirsch wrote:
> Provide read/write access to x86 model specific registers (MSRs) by means of
> two new HMP commands "msr-get" and "msr-set". The rationale behind this
> is to improve introspection capabilities for system virtualization mode.
> For instance, many modern x86-64 operating systems maintain access to internal
> data structures via the MSR_GSBASE/MSR_KERNELGSBASE MSRs. Giving
> introspection utilities (such as a remotely attached gdb) a way of
> accessing these registers improves analysis results drastically.
> 
> Changes v1 -> v2:
> * Rename HMP commands to "msr-get" and "msr-set"

Most HMP commands still use '_'; it is only QMP where we insist on '-'
in new interfaces.  (And yes, there's not much rhyme or reason to that
other than backwards consistency.)

> * HMP commands Operate on the current default CPU only
>   (removes need for cpu_index argument)
> * Remove QMP command alltogether
> * Implement HMP command in target/i386/monitor.c
> * Add #ifdef TARGET_I386 around msr-get/msr-set in hmp-commands.hx
> 

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature