[PATCH v3 0/7] Enhance event delivery error handling

From: Ivan Orlov
Date: Tue Dec 17 2024 - 13:17:22 EST


Currently, the unhandleable vectoring (e.g. when guest accesses MMIO
during vectoring) is handled differently on VMX and SVM: on VMX KVM
returns internal error, when SVM goes into infinite loop trying to
deliver an event again and again.

This patch series eliminates this difference by returning a KVM internal
error when KVM can't emulate during vectoring for both VMX and SVM.

Also, introduce a selftest test case which covers the error handling
mentioned above.

V1 -> V2:
- Make commit messages more brief, avoid using pronouns
- Extract SVM error handling into a separate commit
- Introduce a new X86EMUL_ return type and detect the unhandleable
vectoring error in vendor-specific check_emulate_instruction instead of
handling it in the common MMU code (which is specific for cached MMIO)

V2 -> V3:
- Make the new X86EMUL_ code more generic
- Prohibit any emulation during vectoring if it is due to an intercepted
#PF
- Add a new patch for checking whether unprotect & retry is possible
before exiting to userspace due to unhandleable vectoring
- Codestyle fixes


Ivan Orlov (7):
KVM: x86: Add function for vectoring error generation
KVM: x86: Add emulation status for unhandleable vectoring
KVM: x86: Unprotect & retry before unhandleable vectoring check
KVM: VMX: Handle vectoring error in check_emulate_instruction
KVM: SVM: Handle vectoring error in check_emulate_instruction
selftests: KVM: extract lidt into helper function
selftests: KVM: Add test case for MMIO during vectoring

arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 11 +++-
arch/x86/kvm/kvm_emulate.h | 2 +
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 6 +++
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 30 ++++-------
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 31 +++++++++++
.../selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/processor.h | 7 +++
.../selftests/kvm/set_memory_region_test.c | 53 ++++++++++++++++++-
.../selftests/kvm/x86_64/sev_smoke_test.c | 2 +-
8 files changed, 117 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

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