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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/7] KVM: x86: Additional rflags.rf fixes
On 7/21/14, 3:19 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Il 21/07/2014 13:37, Nadav Amit ha scritto:
>> RFLAGS.RF is not handled well by kvm, in both the x86 emulator and vmx code.
>> This flag should be cleared after every instruction emulation (other than
>> IRETD/IRETQ). It should be set in various conditions as described in Intel SDM
>> 17.3.1.1. This series of patches addresses the clearing of RF on emulated
>> instructions, the setting the RF upon fault injection. It does not handle the
>> case of traps and interrupts injection during REP-string, since there is
>> no easy indication whether the first iteration of a rep-string occurred.
>> The value of RF depends on whether the first iteration took place.
>>
>> Thanks for reviewing the patches.
>>
>> Nadav Amit (7):
>> KVM: x86: Defining missing x86 vectors
>> KVM: x86: Function for determining exception type
>> KVM: x86: Clearing rflags.rf upon skipped emulated instruction
>> KVM: vmx: set rflags.rf during fault injection
>> KVM: x86: popf emulation should not change RF
>> KVM: x86: Clear rflags.rf on emulated instructions
>> KVM: x86: Cleanup of rflags.rf cleaning
>>
>> arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h | 3 +++
>> arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c | 13 ++++++++-----
>> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 11 ++++++++++-
>> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>> arch/x86/kvm/x86.h | 9 +++++++++
>> 5 files changed, 67 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>
> I'm not applying patches 2 and 4 yet. I have applied the others:
>
> KVM: x86: Clearing rflags.rf upon skipped emulated instruction
> KVM: x86: popf emulation should not change RF
> KVM: x86: Clear rflags.rf on emulated instructions
> KVM: x86: Cleanup of rflags.rf cleaning
> KVM: x86: emulator injects #DB when RFLAGS.RF is set
> KVM: x86: Defining missing x86 vectors
>
> since the remaining two are independent.
>

Thanks for the quick response. I will address the issues you raised.

Please review and apply as well "[PATCH] KVM: x86: emulator injects #DB
when RFLAGS.RF is set" which was submitted before. (
http://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg105858.html ).
as well.

Thanks again,
Nadav



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