Re: [GIT PULL] KVM: x86 (and a PPC) fixes for 7.0-rc3+
From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Thu Mar 12 2026 - 11:46:19 EST
On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 11, 2026, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 10:20 PM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Thu, Mar 05, 2026, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > > - Update CR8 write interception when AVIC is (de)activated to fix a bug where
> > > > KVM can run with the CR8 intercept in perpetuity.
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > > Sean Christopherson (4):
> > > > KVM: SVM: Initialize AVIC VMCB fields if AVIC is enabled with in-kernel APIC
> > > > KVM: SVM: Set/clear CR8 write interception when AVIC is (de)activated
> > >
> > > The CR8 write patch broke SEV-ES guests. If you haven't already prepared the
> > > PULL request for Linus, can you apply the fix directly?
> >
> > Done.
>
> No? I see the pull request in kvm.git, but not the below fix-to-the-fix.
Ah, I had squashed it in directly from the original thread. I have
now added on top the testcase.
Paolo