On Wed, Nov 09, 2022, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> FILL_RETURN_BUFFER can access percpu data, therefore vmload of the
> host save area must be executed first. First of all, move the VMCB
> vmsave/vmload to assembly, essentially undoing commit fb0c4a4fee5a ("KVM:
Nit, similar to adding parantheses to function names, I prefer capitalizing instruction
mnemonics, i.e. VMSAVE and VMLOAD, to make it obvious that you're referring to a
specific instruction as opposed to a theme/flow.
> SVM: move VMLOAD/VMSAVE to C code", 2021-03-15). The reason for that
> commit was that it made it simpler to use a different VMCB for
> VMLOAD/VMSAVE versus VMRUN; but that is not a big hassle anymore thanks
> to the kvm-asm-offsets machinery.
>
> The idea on how to number the exception tables is stolen from
> a prototype patch by Peter Zijlstra.
>
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: a149180fbcf3 ("x86: Add magic AMD return-thunk")
> Link: <https://lore.kernel.org/all/f571e404-e625-bae1-10e9-449b2eb4cbd8@xxxxxxxxxx/>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
