Re: [RFC 30/33] KVM: x86: hyper-v: Introduce KVM_REQ_HV_INJECT_INTERCEPT request

[Alexander Graf <graf@amazon.com>]

On 08.11.23 12:18, Nicolas Saenz Julienne wrote:
> Introduce a new request type, KVM_REQ_HV_INJECT_INTERCEPT which allows
> injecting out-of-band Hyper-V secure intercepts. For now only memory
> access intercepts are supported. These are triggered when access a GPA
> protected by a higher VTL. The memory intercept metadata is filled based
> on the GPA provided through struct kvm_vcpu_hv_intercept_info, and
> injected into the guest through SynIC message.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@amazon.com>


IMHO memory protection violations should result in a user space exit. 
User space can then validate what to do with the violation and if 
necessary inject an intercept.

That means from an API point of view, you want a new exit reason 
(violation) and an ioctl that allows you to transmit the violating CPU 
state into the target vCPU. I don't think the injection should even know 
that the source of data for the violation was a vCPU.



Alex




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