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

[Ivan Orlov]

On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 06:40:46PM -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
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> On Tue, 17 Dec 2024 18:14:51 +0000, Ivan Orlov wrote:
> > 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.
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> > This patch series eliminates this difference by returning a KVM internal
> > error when KVM can't emulate during vectoring for both VMX and SVM.
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> > [...]
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> Applied to kvm-x86 misc, thanks!  If you get a chance, please double check that
> I didn't fat-finger anything.
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> [1/7] KVM: x86: Add function for vectoring error generation
>       https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/11c98fa07a79
> [2/7] KVM: x86: Add emulation status for unhandleable vectoring
>       https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/5c9cfc486636
> [3/7] KVM: x86: Unprotect & retry before unhandleable vectoring check
>       https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/704fc6021b9e
> [4/7] KVM: VMX: Handle vectoring error in check_emulate_instruction
>       https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/47ef3ef843c0
> [5/7] KVM: SVM: Handle vectoring error in check_emulate_instruction
>       https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/7bd7ff99110a
> [6/7] selftests: KVM: extract lidt into helper function
>       https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/4e9427aeb957
> [7/7] selftests: KVM: Add test case for MMIO during vectoring
>       https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/62e41f6b4f36
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> https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/tree/next

Hi Sean,

The commits (and the messages specifically) look good to me, thanks a
lot for making the changelogs better! :)

Also, I ran the selftests for the `next` branch on both Intel and AMD
platforms, and all of them seem to pass.

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Kind regards,
Ivan Orlov