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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3] KVM: VMX: Don't halt vcpu when L1 is injecting events to L2

----- chao.gao@intel.com wrote:

> Although L2 is in halt state, it will be in the active state after
> VM entry if the VM entry is vectoring according to SDM 26.6.2
> Activity
> State. Halting the vcpu here means the event won't be injected to L2
> and this decision isn't reported to L1. Thus L0 drops an event that
> should be injected to L2.
>
> Cc: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
> ---
> changes in v3:
> - s/VECTORING_INFO_VALID_MASK/INTR_INFO_VALID_MASK
> - Changes of subject, comments.
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Remove VID stuff. Only handle event injection in this patch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 7 ++++++-
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> index bb5b488..cf7c2fc 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -10985,7 +10985,12 @@ static int nested_vmx_run(struct kvm_vcpu
> *vcpu, bool launch)
> if (ret)
> return ret;
>
> - if (vmcs12->guest_activity_state == GUEST_ACTIVITY_HLT)
> + /*
> + * If we're entering a halted L2 vcpu and the L2 vcpu won't be
> woken
> + * by event injection, halt vcpu.
> + */
> + if ((vmcs12->guest_activity_state == GUEST_ACTIVITY_HLT) &&
> + !(vmcs12->vm_entry_intr_info_field & INTR_INFO_VALID_MASK))
> return kvm_vcpu_halt(vcpu);
>
> vmx->nested.nested_run_pending = 1;
> --
> 1.9.1

Reviewed-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>

(Paolo: I would recommend changing commit title from "KVM: VMX: ..." to "KVM: nVMX: ..."
when applying for convention. Easier to grep nVMX changes.)

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