Re: [PATCH] x86/kvm/vmx: Don't halt vcpu when L1 is injecting events to L2

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Thu Feb 08 2018 - 05:30:09 EST


On 08/02/2018 06:13, Chao Gao wrote:
> Although L2 is in halt state, it will be in the active state after
> VM entry if the VM entry is vectoring. Halting the vcpu here means
> the event won't be injected to L2 and this decision isn't reported
> to L1. Thus L0 drops an event that should be injected to L2.
>
> Because virtual interrupt delivery may wake L2 vcpu, if VID is enabled,
> do the same thing -- don't halt L2.

This second part seems wrong to me, or at least overly general. Perhaps
you mean if RVI>0?

Thanks,

Paolo

> Signed-off-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 10 ++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> index bb5b488..e1fe4e4 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -10985,8 +10985,14 @@ static int nested_vmx_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool launch)
> if (ret)
> return ret;
>
> - if (vmcs12->guest_activity_state == GUEST_ACTIVITY_HLT)
> - return kvm_vcpu_halt(vcpu);
> + if (vmcs12->guest_activity_state == GUEST_ACTIVITY_HLT) {
> + u32 intr_info = vmcs_read32(VM_ENTRY_INTR_INFO_FIELD);
> + u32 exec_control = vmcs_read32(SECONDARY_VM_EXEC_CONTROL);
> +
> + if (!(intr_info & VECTORING_INFO_VALID_MASK) &&
> + !(exec_control & SECONDARY_EXEC_VIRTUAL_INTR_DELIVERY))
> + return kvm_vcpu_halt(vcpu);
> + }

> vmx->nested.nested_run_pending = 1;
>
>