From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Peter Zijlstra" <peterz@infradead.org>,
"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
"Nick Desaulniers" <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
"Arnd Bergmann" <arnd@arndb.de>, "Jann Horn" <jannh@google.com>,
"Randy Dunlap" <rdunlap@infradead.org>,
"Radim Krčmář" <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/22] x86/kvm: Don't call kvm_spurious_fault() from .fixup
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 15:05:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <29d30d81-bcbe-5261-b34d-12bd62df9116@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190715124025.prcetv24oyjnuvip@treble>
On 15/07/19 14:40, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
>>> * Hardware virtualization extension instructions may fault if a
>>> * reboot turns off virtualization while processes are running.
>>> - * Trap the fault and ignore the instruction if that happens.
>>> + * If that happens, trap the fault and panic (unless we're rebooting).
>> Not sure the comment is better than before, but apar from that
> The previous comment didn't seem to match the code, since we only ignore
> the instruction if we're rebooting.
>
"If that happens" refers to "a reboot turns off virtualization while
processes are running". Perhaps
* Usually after catching the fault we just panic; during reboot
* instead the instruction is ignored.
Paolo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-07-15 13:05 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-07-15 0:36 [PATCH 00/22] x86, objtool: several fixes/improvements Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:36 ` [PATCH 01/22] x86/paravirt: Fix callee-saved function ELF sizes Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 4:58 ` Juergen Gross
2019-07-15 12:43 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:36 ` [PATCH 02/22] x86/kvm: Fix fastop function ELF metadata Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 9:05 ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-07-15 0:36 ` [PATCH 03/22] x86/kvm: Fix frame pointer usage in vmx_vmenter() Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 9:04 ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-07-15 12:37 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 13:03 ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-07-15 13:35 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 18:17 ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-07-15 0:36 ` [PATCH 04/22] x86/kvm: Don't call kvm_spurious_fault() from .fixup Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 9:07 ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-07-15 12:40 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 13:05 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2019-07-15 13:25 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 18:16 ` Paolo Bonzini
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 05/22] x86/entry: Fix thunk function ELF sizes Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 06/22] x86/head/64: Annotate start_cpu0() as non-callable Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 07/22] x86/uaccess: Remove ELF function annotation from copy_user_handle_tail() Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-16 18:16 ` Nick Desaulniers
2019-07-16 18:51 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 08/22] x86/uaccess: Don't leak AC flag into fentry from mcsafe_handle_tail() Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 09/22] x86/uaccess: Remove redundant CLACs in getuser/putuser error paths Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 10/22] bpf: Disable GCC -fgcse optimization for ___bpf_prog_run() Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-16 18:15 ` Nick Desaulniers
2019-07-16 23:02 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 11/22] objtool: Add mcsafe_handle_tail() to the uaccess safe list Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 12/22] objtool: Track original function across branches Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 13/22] objtool: Refactor function alias logic Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 14/22] objtool: Warn on zero-length functions Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 15/22] objtool: Change dead_end_function() to return boolean Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 16/22] objtool: Do frame pointer check before dead end check Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 17/22] objtool: Refactor sibling call detection logic Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 18/22] objtool: Refactor jump table code Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 9:38 ` Peter Zijlstra
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 19/22] objtool: Support repeated uses of the same C jump table Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 20/22] objtool: Fix seg fault on bad switch table entry Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 17:24 ` Nick Desaulniers
2019-07-15 17:29 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-18 23:02 ` Nick Desaulniers
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 21/22] objtool: convert insn type to enum Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 0:37 ` [PATCH 22/22] objtool: Support conditional retpolines Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 9:52 ` [PATCH 00/22] x86, objtool: several fixes/improvements Peter Zijlstra
2019-07-15 19:38 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-15 21:45 ` Nick Desaulniers
2019-07-16 23:17 ` Josh Poimboeuf
2019-07-18 22:26 ` Nick Desaulniers
2019-09-27 20:24 ` Nick Desaulniers
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