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SubjectRe: [PATCH -v2] Add MCE support to KVM
Avi Kivity wrote:
> Anthony Liguori wrote:
>> Huang Ying wrote:
>>> The related MSRs are emulated. MCE capability is exported via
>>> extension KVM_CAP_MCE and ioctl KVM_X86_GET_MCE_CAP_SUPPORTED. A new
>>> vcpu ioctl command KVM_X86_SETUP_MCE is used to setup MCE emulation
>>> such as the mcg_cap. MCE is injected via vcpu ioctl command
>>> KVM_X86_SET_MCE. Extended machine-check state (MCG_EXT_P) and CMCI are
>>> not simulated.
>>>
>>
>> Maybe I'm missing something, but couldn't this be implemented
>> entirely within userspace? There's nothing VT/SVM specific about
>> this. If the issue is setting these MSRs from userspace via
>> KVM_SET_MSRS isn't enough, perhaps we should add userspace MSR handling.
>>
>
> You also need to inject the MCE.

KVM_SET_EXCEPTION, instead of adding something MCE specific?

Regards,

Anthony Liguori




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