Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] KVM: SVM: Get rid of *ghcb_msr_bits() functions

[Joerg Roedel]

On Wed, Sep 01, 2021 at 09:12:10PM +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2021, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> >  	case GHCB_MSR_TERM_REQ: {
> >  		u64 reason_set, reason_code;
> >  
> > -		reason_set = get_ghcb_msr_bits(svm,
> > -					       GHCB_MSR_TERM_REASON_SET_MASK,
> > -					       GHCB_MSR_TERM_REASON_SET_POS);
> > -		reason_code = get_ghcb_msr_bits(svm,
> > -						GHCB_MSR_TERM_REASON_MASK,
> > -						GHCB_MSR_TERM_REASON_POS);
> > +		reason_set  = GHCB_MSR_TERM_REASON_SET(control->ghcb_gpa);
> > +		reason_code = GHCB_MSR_TERM_REASON(control->ghcb_gpa);
> > +
> >  		pr_info("SEV-ES guest requested termination: %#llx:%#llx\n",
> >  			reason_set, reason_code);
> > +
> >  		fallthrough;
> 
> Not related to this patch, but why use fallthrough and more importantly, why is
> this an -EINVAL return?  Why wouldn't KVM forward the request to userspace instead
> of returning an opaque -EINVAL?

I guess it is to signal an error condition up the call-chain to get the
guest terminated, like requested.

Regards,

	Joerg