Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] KVM: VMX: Invoke NMI handler via indirect call instead of INTn

[Andy Lutomirski]

> On Apr 26, 2021, at 7:51 AM, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> 
>>> The original code "int $2" can provide the needed CPU-hidden-NMI-masked
>>> when entering #NMI, but I doubt it about this change.
>> 
>> How would "int $2" block NMIs?  The hidden effect of this change (and I
>> should have reviewed better the effect on the NMI entry code) is that the
>> call will not use the IST anymore.
> 
> My understanding is that int $2 does not block NMIs.
> 
> So reentries might have been possible.
> 

The C NMI code has its own reentrancy protection and has for years.  It should work fine for this use case.

> -Andi