vmread

Read Field from VMCS

VMREAD r/m64, r64

Reads a field from the Virtual Machine Control Structure.

Details

The Read Field from VMCS instruction reads a field from the Virtual Machine Control Structure.

Pseudocode Operation

// Reads a field from the Virtual Machine Control Structure

Example

VMREAD rbx, rax

Encoding

Binary Layout
0F
+0
78
+1
 
Format VMX
Opcode 0F 78
Extension VMX

Operands

  • dest
    64-bit register or memory
  • src
    64-bit general-purpose register (e.g. RAX)