[PATCH] KVM: VMX: Formally define KVM's "0xdead" exit reason used for failed VM-Enter
From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Mon Sep 21 2026 - 19:57:09 EST
Add EXIT_REASON_UNDEFINED to track KVM's magic "0xdead" value that's used
to stuff the exit reason on a failed VM-Enter so that the magic can be
reused by TDX, and to make it more obvious that it's an arbitrary, KVM-
defined value (though the whole "dead" thing makes it pretty darn obvious).
Opportunistically add a compile-time assert to ensure the KVM-defined exit
reason never collides with a "real" exit reason.
No functional change intended.
Cc: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h | 8 ++++++++
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 4 +++-
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
index 3f1b3096ff04..e49b836c7313 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@
#include <asm/trapnr.h>
#include <asm/vmxfeatures.h>
+/*
+ * UNDEFINED is a KVM-defined value used to indicate that the basic exit reason
+ * is undefined/invalid, e.g. on VM-Fail or if TDX never attempted VM-Enter.
+ * The value itself is arbitrary, it just needs to not collide with a real exit
+ * reason.
+ */
+#define EXIT_REASON_UNDEFINED 0xdead
+
struct vmcs_hdr {
u32 revision_id:31;
u32 shadow_vmcs:1;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 612ab07d4100..c897dbf0e954 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -6388,6 +6388,8 @@ static int (*kvm_vmx_exit_handlers[])(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) = {
static const int kvm_vmx_max_exit_handlers =
ARRAY_SIZE(kvm_vmx_exit_handlers);
+static_assert(EXIT_REASON_UNDEFINED >= ARRAY_SIZE(kvm_vmx_exit_handlers));
+
void vmx_get_exit_info(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 *reason,
u64 *info1, u64 *info2, u32 *intr_info, u32 *error_code)
{
@@ -7474,7 +7476,7 @@ static noinstr void vmx_vcpu_enter_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
vmx_enable_fb_clear(vmx);
if (unlikely(vmx->fail)) {
- vmx->vt.exit_reason.full = 0xdead;
+ vmx->vt.exit_reason.full = EXIT_REASON_UNDEFINED;
goto out;
}
base-commit: d4b7fb647204f0c81dfeae2d1a708e4d858e0c94
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2.55.0.1082.g2b9226bbc0-goog