Re: [PATCH] KVM/VMX: Invoke NMI non-IST entry instead of IST entry

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Tue May 04 2021 - 17:25:32 EST


On 04/05/21 23:23, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
On May 4, 2021, at 2:21 PM, Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
FWIW, NMIs are masked if the VM-Exit was due to an NMI.

Huh, indeed: "An NMI causes subsequent NMIs to be blocked, but only after the VM exit completes".

Then this whole change is busted, since nothing will unmask NMIs. Revert it?

Looks like the easiest way out indeed.

Paolo