Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] KVM: x86: Fix the emulation type mess

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On 23/08/2018 22:56, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> v1 of this series was a simple (on the surface) bug fix for an issue
> where a nested guest would get stuck in an infinite loop due to L0
> restarting the guest over and over after an emulation failure because
> L0 incorrectly thought the emulation failure was due to a page fault
> in the guest's domain.
> 
> While not wrong, v1 was essentially using duct tape to prop up the
> house of cards that is emulation type.  v2 demolishes the house and
> builds a nice little fortress in its place.
> 
> v2:
>   - Fix known issues of EMULTYPE_NO_REEXECUTE not being passed
>   - Invert re-execute flag and merge it with EMULTYPE_RETRY
>   - Fix the original bug by not retrying nested guests' instructions
>   - Unexport x86_emulate_instruction() to reduce the probability of
>     introducing similar bugs in the future
> 
> Sean Christopherson (8):
>   KVM: VMX: Do not allow reexecute_instruction() when skipping MMIO
>     instr
>   KVM: x86: SVM: Set EMULTYPE_NO_REEXECUTE for RSM emulation
>   KVM: x86: Invert emulation re-execute behavior to make it opt-in
>   KVM: x86: Merge EMULTYPE_RETRY and EMULTYPE_ALLOW_REEXECUTE
>   KVM: x86: Default to not allowing emulation retry in
>     kvm_mmu_page_fault
>   KVM: x86: Do not re-{try,execute} after failed emulation in L2
>   KVM: x86: Rename emulate_instruction() to kvm_emulate_instruction()
>   KVM: x86: Unexport x86_emulate_instruction()
> 
>  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 19 ++++++-------------
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c              | 21 +++++++++++++++------
>  arch/x86/kvm/svm.c              | 16 ++++++++--------
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c              | 18 +++++++++---------
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c              | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.h              |  2 ++
>  6 files changed, 63 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
> 

Looks good.  Patches 1-6 should also be

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thanks,

Paolo



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