Re: [PATCH v2 0/3] KVM: TDX: Syntehsize SHUTDOWN on unhandled EPT Violation
From: Edgecombe, Rick P
Date: Tue Sep 29 2026 - 20:33:10 EST
On Tue, 2026-09-29 at 17:11 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Signal SHUTDOWN instead of -EIO if the guest accesses an unaccepted page and
> has disabled EPT Violation #VEs on such accesses. Returning -EIO is all but
> guaranteed to mislead the VMM into thinking KVM (or the VMM) messed up, and
> will likely result in the VM being terminated instead of rebooted.
I'm pretty sure Yan had a test for this path, and I'd love to see it actually
exercised. What is the urgency on getting this fix upstream? Can we wait a week?