linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: remove duplicated KVM_REQ

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Message-ID: <cd32d5cf40094a239d79a1dbca6a45b4@huawei.com>
Date:   Wed, 12 Feb 2020 12:40:36 +0000
From:   linmiaohe <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: remove duplicated KVM_REQ_EVENT request

Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com> write:
> On 07/02/20 10:05, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
>> kvm_make_request() from kvm_set_rflags() as it is not an obvious 
>> behavior (e.g. why kvm_rip_write() doens't do that and
>> kvm_set_rflags() does ?)
>
>Because writing RFLAGS can change IF and therefore cause an interrupt to be injected.
>

Many thanks for your explanation. :) I thought it was because of Trap Flag.