Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Ignore pending PV EOI if the vCPU has since disabled PV EOIs
From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Mon Jun 29 2026 - 09:14:07 EST
On Mon, Jun 29, 2026, Kai Huang wrote:
> On Fri, 2026-06-26 at 10:44 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 25, 2026, Kai Huang wrote:
> > and because KVM needs to know
> > precisely when the pending IRQ is unblocked, i.e. can't lazily wait until the
> > next VM-Exit.
>
> Thus KVM needs to make sure guest will actually write EOI to APIC (thus PV EOI
> must be disabled)?
Yep, KVM needs the guest to trigger a VM-Exit.