Tested with the _correct_ Kernel[1] (that has Radim's patch) now -- applied it on both L0 and L1. Result: Same as before -- Booting L2 causes L1 to reboot. However, the stack trace from `dmesg` on L0 is took slightly different path than before -- it's using MSR handling: . . . [Feb23 12:14] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ +0.004658] WARNING: CPU: 5 PID: 1785 at arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c:9973 nested_vmx_vmexit+0xbde/0xd30 [kvm_intel]() [ +0.009897] Modules linked in: vhost_net vhost macvtap macvlan xt_CHECKSUM iptable_mangle ipt_MASQUERADE nf_nat_masquerade_ipv4 iptable_nat nf_nat_ipv4 nf_nat nf_conntrack_ipv4 nf_defrag_i pv4 xt_conntrack nf_conntrack tun bridge stp llc ebtable_filter ebtables ip6table_filter ip6_tables iTCO_wdt ipmi_devintf gpio_ich iTCO_vendor_support coretemp kvm_intel dcdbas kvm crc32c_in tel joydev ipmi_ssif serio_raw ipmi_si tpm_tis i7core_edac lpc_ich ipmi_msghandler edac_core tpm mfd_core shpchp wmi acpi_power_meter acpi_cpufreq nfsd auth_rpcgss nfs_acl lockd grace sunrpc mgag200 i2c_algo_bit drm_kms_helper ttm ata_generic drm pata_acpi megaraid_sas bnx2 [ +0.060790] CPU: 5 PID: 1785 Comm: qemu-system-x86 Not tainted 3.20.0-0.rc0.git9.1.fc23.x86_64 #1 [ +0.008938] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R910/0P658H, BIOS 2.8.2 10/25/2012 [ +0.007476] 0000000000000000 000000008ba15f99 ffff88ff5d627b38 ffffffff818773cd [ +0.007727] 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 ffff88ff5d627b78 ffffffff810ab3ba [ +0.007660] ffff88ff5d627b68 ffff883f5fd20000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [ +0.007729] Call Trace: [ +0.002543] [<ffffffff818773cd>] dump_stack+0x4c/0x65 [ +0.005205] [<ffffffff810ab3ba>] warn_slowpath_common+0x8a/0xc0 [ +0.006085] [<ffffffff810ab4ea>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [ +0.005915] [<ffffffffa0244f8e>] nested_vmx_vmexit+0xbde/0xd30 [kvm_intel] [ +0.007061] [<ffffffffa0245976>] vmx_set_msr+0x416/0x420 [kvm_intel] [ +0.006549] [<ffffffffa029f0c0>] ? kvm_set_msr+0x70/0x70 [kvm] [ +0.006018] [<ffffffffa029f091>] kvm_set_msr+0x41/0x70 [kvm] [ +0.005840] [<ffffffffa029f0f3>] do_set_msr+0x33/0x50 [kvm] [ +0.005692] [<ffffffffa02a3a80>] msr_io+0x100/0x1c0 [kvm] [ +0.005567] [<ffffffffa02a3a10>] ? msr_io+0x90/0x1c0 [kvm] [ +0.005657] [<ffffffffa023de70>] ? handle_task_switch+0x1f0/0x1f0 [kvm_intel] [ +0.007321] [<ffffffffa02ac799>] kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl+0xb79/0x11a0 [kvm] [ +0.006788] [<ffffffffa023f7fe>] ? vmx_vcpu_load+0x15e/0x1e0 [kvm_intel] [ +0.006878] [<ffffffffa0298666>] ? vcpu_load+0x26/0x70 [kvm] [ +0.005825] [<ffffffffa02abac3>] ? kvm_arch_vcpu_load+0xb3/0x210 [kvm] [ +0.006712] [<ffffffffa02987da>] kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0xea/0x7e0 [kvm] [ +0.006140] [<ffffffff81027b9d>] ? native_sched_clock+0x2d/0xa0 [ +0.006063] [<ffffffff810d5c56>] ? creds_are_invalid.part.1+0x16/0x50 [ +0.006583] [<ffffffff810d5cb1>] ? creds_are_invalid+0x21/0x30 [ +0.005984] [<ffffffff813a77fa>] ? inode_has_perm.isra.48+0x2a/0xa0 [ +0.006436] [<ffffffff8128c9a8>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x2e8/0x530 [ +0.005559] [<ffffffff8128cc71>] SyS_ioctl+0x81/0xa0 [ +0.005135] [<ffffffff81880969>] system_call_fastpath+0x12/0x17 [ +0.006065] ---[ end trace a7f3bc31fb0ddbff ]--- . . . [1] https://kashyapc.fedorapeople.org/kernel-3.20.0-0.rc0.git9.1.fc23.rpms-with-nvmx-test-fix-from-radim/ - I uploaded the Fedora Koji scratch build for this Kernel to a more permanant location, as these type of builds will be removed automatically after 3 weeks -- /kashyap -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html