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The hypervisor is just some software that runs on the same CPU. It wouldn't help if the assertion that the CPU can't continue was true.
by fulafel 5y ago
The hypervisor is just some software that runs on the same CPU. It wouldn't help if the assertion that the CPU can't continue was true.
- bonzini 5y agoThe CPU can't continue running user code because it jumps to the exception handler. But it can get to the hypervisor at any instruction boundary. (I write a hypervisor for a living :)).