linux-kernel - [PATCH 14/47] KVM: Replace pending exception by PF if it happens serially

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Date:	Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:02:10 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 14/47] KVM: Replace pending exception by PF if it happens serially

From: Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>

Replace previous exception with a new one in a hope that instruction
re-execution will regenerate lost exception.

Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c |   20 +++++++++++++-------
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 30492f0..a066876 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -181,16 +181,22 @@ void kvm_inject_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long addr,
 	++vcpu->stat.pf_guest;
 
 	if (vcpu->arch.exception.pending) {
-		if (vcpu->arch.exception.nr == PF_VECTOR) {
-			printk(KERN_DEBUG "kvm: inject_page_fault:"
-					" double fault 0x%lx\n", addr);
-			vcpu->arch.exception.nr = DF_VECTOR;
-			vcpu->arch.exception.error_code = 0;
-		} else if (vcpu->arch.exception.nr == DF_VECTOR) {
+		switch(vcpu->arch.exception.nr) {
+		case DF_VECTOR:
 			/* triple fault -> shutdown */
 			set_bit(KVM_REQ_TRIPLE_FAULT, &vcpu->requests);
+			return;
+		case PF_VECTOR:
+			vcpu->arch.exception.nr = DF_VECTOR;
+			vcpu->arch.exception.error_code = 0;
+			return;
+		default:
+			/* replace previous exception with a new one in a hope
+			   that instruction re-execution will regenerate lost
+			   exception */
+			vcpu->arch.exception.pending = false;
+			break;
 		}
-		return;
 	}
 	vcpu->arch.cr2 = addr;
 	kvm_queue_exception_e(vcpu, PF_VECTOR, error_code);
-- 
1.6.3.3

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