Execute "int $2" to handle NMI in NMI caused VM exits when FRED is enabled. Like IRET for IDT, ERETS/ERETU are required to end the NMI handler for FRED to unblock NMI ASAP (w/ bit 28 of CS set). And there are 2 approaches to invoke the FRED NMI handler: 1) execute "int $2", let the h/w do the job. 2) create a FRED NMI stack frame on the current kernel stack with ASM, and then jump to fred_entrypoint_kernel in arch/x86/entry/entry_64_fred.S. 1) is preferred as we want less ASM. Tested-by: Shan Kang <shan.kang@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin3.li@xxxxxxxxx> --- Changes since v4: *) Do NOT use the term "injection", which in the KVM context means to reinject an event into the guest (Sean Christopherson). *) Add the explanation of why to execute "int $2" to invoke the NMI handler in NMI caused VM exits (Sean Christopherson). --- arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c index 3ebeaab34b2e..4f12ead2266b 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c @@ -7229,7 +7229,16 @@ static noinstr void vmx_vcpu_enter_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, if ((u16)vmx->exit_reason.basic == EXIT_REASON_EXCEPTION_NMI && is_nmi(vmx_get_intr_info(vcpu))) { kvm_before_interrupt(vcpu, KVM_HANDLING_NMI); - vmx_do_nmi_irqoff(); + /* + * Like IRET for IDT, ERETS/ERETU are required to end the NMI + * handler for FRED to unblock NMI ASAP (w/ bit 28 of CS set). + * + * Invoke the FRED NMI handler through executing "int $2". + */ + if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_FRED)) + asm volatile("int $2"); + else + vmx_do_nmi_irqoff(); kvm_after_interrupt(vcpu); } -- 2.34.1