Re: How bad is KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR?

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On 21/12/2016 10:41, Dmitry Vyukov wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am getting some KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR/KVM_INTERNAL_ERROR_EMULATION
> while fuzzing KVM. Does it indicate a bug in kvm code?

No, it just indicates something that isn't implemented.  Other
KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR cases indicate a bug in the userspace code.

If you're running nested virtualization and the nested guest manages to
kill the host, that's bad.  Otherwise, they're harmless.

Paolo

> To make it clear, the context is that guest does all kind of weird
> stuff and if it kills itself it is fine. I am just trying to catch bad
> effects on the host.
> As far as I can tell, if qemu gets KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR it will
> fail. So for user it will look like qemu misbehaves. E.g. it will not
> auto restart the VM.
> If KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR/KVM_INTERNAL_ERROR_EMULATION is OK, are
> other KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR error codes worse? Are there any other
> indications that host is affected in a bad way? I mean besides BUGs,
> WARNINGs and crashes of the host kernel.
> 
> Thanks
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