linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: x86: check_nested_events if there is an injectable NMI

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Date:   Thu, 23 Apr 2020 20:47:49 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Cc:     Cathy Avery <cavery@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, vkuznets@...hat.com, wei.huang2@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: x86: check_nested_events if there is an
 injectable NMI

On 23/04/20 20:33, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 05:45:07PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> On 23/04/20 17:36, Cathy Avery wrote:
>>>
>>> You will have to forgive me as I am new to KVM and any help would be
>>> most appreciated.
>>
>> No problem---this is a _really_ hairy part.  At least every time we make
>> some changes it suddenly starts making more sense (both hacks and bugs
>> decrease over time).
> 
> LOL, no kidding, what sadist gave Cathy nested NMI as a ramp task? :-D

The suggestion was to write more tests, she decided to extend that to
fixing them!!

Paolo