linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86/kvm/vmx: Don't halt vcpu when L1 is injecting events to L2

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Date:   Fri, 9 Feb 2018 13:43:24 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Chao Gao <chao.gao@...el.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Liran Alon <liran.alon@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/kvm/vmx: Don't halt vcpu when L1 is injecting
 events to L2

On 09/02/2018 06:09, Chao Gao 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.

Can you please write a testcase for kvm-unit-tests?

Thanks,

Paolo