Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] KVM: x86: never write to memory from kvm_vcpu_check_block
From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Mon Sep 19 2022 - 21:16:06 EST
On Sat, Sep 17, 2022, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> The eponymous patch breaks handling of INITs (and SIPIs) that are "latched"[1]
> and later become unblocked, e.g. due to entering VMX non-root mode or because SVM's
> GIF is set. vmx_init_signal_test fails because KVM fails to re-evaluate pending
> events after entering guest/non-root. It passes now because KVM always checks
> nested events in the outer run loop.
>
> I have fixes, I'll (temporarily) drop this from the queue and post a new version of
> this series on Monday.
And by "Monday" I meant "Tuesday", the weird pending_events snapshot thing sent me
down a bit of a rabbit hole.