* Mohammed Gamal <m.gamal005@xxxxxxxxx> [2010-05-19 16:17]: > This patch address bug report in https://bugs.launchpad.net/qemu/+bug/530077. > > Failed vmentries were handled with handle_unhandled() which prints a rather > unfriendly message to the user. This patch separates handling vmentry failures > from unknown exit reasons and prints a friendly message to the user. > > Signed-off-by: Mohammed Gamal <m.gamal005@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > qemu-kvm.c | 16 +++++++++++++++- > 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/qemu-kvm.c b/qemu-kvm.c > index 35a4c8a..deb4df8 100644 > --- a/qemu-kvm.c > +++ b/qemu-kvm.c > @@ -106,6 +106,20 @@ static int handle_unhandled(uint64_t reason) > return -EINVAL; > } > > +static int handle_failed_vmentry(uint64_t reason) > +{ > + fprintf(stderr, "kvm: vm entry failed with error 0x%" PRIx64 "\n\n", reason); > + fprintf(stderr, "If you're runnning a guest on an Intel machine, it can be\n"); > + fprintf(stderr, "most-likely due to the guest going into an invalid state\n"); > + fprintf(stderr, "for Intel VT. For example, the guest maybe running in big\n"); > + fprintf(stderr, "real mode which is not supported by Intel VT.\n\n"); We might want to qualify this with certain cpu versions. IIRC, the VMX unrestricted mode should handle big real mode correctly, no? Maybe, + fprintf(stderr, "on some Intel processors. For example, the guest maybe running in big\n"); + fprintf(stderr, "real mode which is not supported on most Intel processors.\n\n"); -- Ryan Harper Software Engineer; Linux Technology Center IBM Corp., Austin, Tx ryanh@xxxxxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
