From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 045B5C4332F for ; Mon, 27 Dec 2021 15:30:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S234336AbhL0PaL (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Dec 2021 10:30:11 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:34704 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S237631AbhL0P3u (ORCPT ); Mon, 27 Dec 2021 10:29:50 -0500 Received: from ams.source.kernel.org (ams.source.kernel.org [IPv6:2604:1380:4601:e00::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0D8A6C06175F; Mon, 27 Dec 2021 07:29:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.kernel.org (relay.kernel.org [52.25.139.140]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ams.source.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9E935B80E5A; Mon, 27 Dec 2021 15:29:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E3199C36AE7; Mon, 27 Dec 2021 15:29:47 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=linuxfoundation.org; s=korg; t=1640618988; bh=d5AzQKI1xh+C1gknVQ8FlvqlqxNH6V0LikNKITERq0g=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References:From; b=oSReCFLLTM/Nr9YJXjQ7JK6NASDDFpPEZOxKOUIb5FwqSHG1N2uNitn4K2BU3lX96 5xCuKUI35cIUfnylhXsMNbukjWR7VVyNU15uhHV8wYrtN8vhh2s0c5pb6lqMrnWblu SOzckQFzgvbioKFc5rTpNhHTBF6RJmO/EgwPZszI= From: Greg Kroah-Hartman To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , stable@vger.kernel.org, Sean Christopherson , Maxim Levitsky , Paolo Bonzini Subject: [PATCH 4.14 23/29] KVM: VMX: Fix stale docs for kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2021 16:27:33 +0100 Message-Id: <20211227151319.232863626@linuxfoundation.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 In-Reply-To: <20211227151318.475251079@linuxfoundation.org> References: <20211227151318.475251079@linuxfoundation.org> User-Agent: quilt/0.66 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org From: Sean Christopherson commit 0ff29701ffad9a5d5a24344d8b09f3af7b96ffda upstream. Update the documentation for kvm-intel's emulate_invalid_guest_state to rectify the description of KVM's default behavior, and to document that the behavior and thus parameter only applies to L1. Fixes: a27685c33acc ("KVM: VMX: Emulate invalid guest state by default") Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson Message-Id: <20211207193006.120997-4-seanjc@google.com> Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1905,8 +1905,12 @@ Default is 1 (enabled) kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state= - [KVM,Intel] Enable emulation of invalid guest states - Default is 0 (disabled) + [KVM,Intel] Disable emulation of invalid guest state. + Ignored if kvm-intel.enable_unrestricted_guest=1, as + guest state is never invalid for unrestricted guests. + This param doesn't apply to nested guests (L2), as KVM + never emulates invalid L2 guest state. + Default is 1 (enabled) kvm-intel.flexpriority= [KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).