Re: [PATCH] KVM: SVM: fix calls to is_intercept

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Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> is_intercept takes an INTERCEPT_* constant, not SVM_EXIT_*; because
> of this, the compiler was removing the body of the conditionals,
> as if is_intercept returned 0.
>
> This unveils a latent bug: when clearing the VINTR intercept,
> int_ctl must also be changed in the L1 VMCB (svm->nested.hsave),
> just like the intercept itself is also changed in the L1 VMCB.
> Otherwise V_IRQ remains set and, due to the VINTR intercept being clear,
> we get a spurious injection of a vector 0 interrupt on the next
> L2->L1 vmexit.
>
> Reported-by: Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 	Vitaly, can you give this a shot with Hyper-V?  I have already
> 	placed it on kvm/queue, it passes both svm.flat and KVM-on-KVM
> 	smoke tests.

Quickly smoke-tested this with WS2016/2019 BIOS/UEFI and the patch
doesn't seem to break anything. I'm having issues trying to launch a
Gen2 (UEFI) VM in Hyper-V (Gen1 works OK) but the behavior looks exactly
the same pre- and post-patch.

-- 
Vitaly




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