linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 2/5] x86: KVM: svm: avoid flooding logs when skip_emulated

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Date:   Thu, 20 Jun 2019 11:45:36 -0700
From:   Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
To:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Cc:     kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 2/5] x86: KVM: svm: avoid flooding logs when
 skip_emulated_instruction() fails

On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 4:02 AM Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> When we're unable to skip instruction with kvm_emulate_instruction() we
> will not advance RIP and most likely the guest will get stuck as
> consequitive attempts to execute the same instruction will likely result
> in the same behavior.
>
> As we're not supposed to see these messages under normal conditions, switch
> to pr_err_once().
>
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>