On Tue, Apr 07, 2020 at 10:03:12PM -0700, Ankur Arora wrote: > +static void __maybe_unused sync_one(void) > +{ > + /* > + * We might be executing in NMI context, and so cannot use > + * IRET as a synchronizing instruction. > + * > + * We could use native_write_cr2() but that is not guaranteed > + * to work on Xen-PV -- it is emulated by Xen and might not > + * execute an iret (or similar synchronizing instruction) > + * internally. > + * > + * cpuid() would trap as well. Unclear if that's a solution > + * either. > + */ > + if (in_nmi()) > + cpuid_eax(1); > + else > + sync_core(); > +} That's not thinking staight; what do you think the INT3 does when it happens inside an NMI ?