Re: kvm: WARNING in em_jmp_far

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> On Nov 14, 2016, at 9:30 PM, Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 6:24 AM, Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Nov 14, 2016, at 9:06 PM, Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> The following program triggers WARNING in em_jmp_far:
>>> https://gist.githubusercontent.com/dvyukov/16bfd3d68fa7d5461101ef74e07796e4/raw/e6d663980681f2c5838ff6cd361cede7d3204838/gistfile1.txt
>>> 
>>> 
>>> WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 15748 at arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c:2128 em_jmp_far+0x4a7/0x530
>> 
>> I don’t know how to “read” the test, but it seems that this warning
>> can be triggered if CS base/limit cause a #GP exception when EIP
>> is loaded.
>> 
>> I think it safe to remove this warning (which I introduced) as well as
>> the redundant “return rc” that follows it. The code should handle the
>> emulation correctly regardless of the warning.
> 
> There was also a similar WARNING in em_ret_far:
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/syzkaller/o5ZftARBhrs/r1ivQ-HtBgAJ
> 
> Please mail a fix and add a test.

I am sorry, but I don’t think my current employer allows me to contribute
to KVM in such a manner.

Regards,
Nadav--
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