On 08/27/10 10:27, Jan Kiszka wrote: > Am 26.08.2010 22:06, Jes.Sorensen@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> From: Jes Sorensen <Jes.Sorensen@xxxxxxxxxx> >> >> Injecting an NMI while GUEST_INTR_STATE_STI is set may fail, >> which can cause an EXIT with invalid state, resulting in the >> guest dieing. > > Very interesting. Reality obviously doesn't bother about the statement > of the vendor [1]. > > Just curious: is this limited to specific CPU models or actually a > generic issue? I have been able to reproduce this on a core2 and a nehalem box, so I think it is at least somewhat generic on Intel. Not sure if it can be reproduced on AMD. It also seems to be specific to which guest kernel I run, so timing may play a part as well. Cheers, Jes -- 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
