linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/13] KVM: nVMX: Preserve IRQ/NMI priority irrespective of exiting behavior

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Message-ID: <CALMp9eQav5s4SceVD=3zYb-RYkNHs+8F3hMUASBYrcJcyUterQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 28 Apr 2020 14:58:44 -0700
From:   Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Oliver Upton <oupton@...gle.com>,
        Peter Shier <pshier@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/13] KVM: nVMX: Preserve IRQ/NMI priority irrespective
 of exiting behavior

On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 7:26 PM Sean Christopherson
<sean.j.christopherson@...el.com> wrote:
>
> Short circuit vmx_check_nested_events() if an unblocked IRQ/NMI is
> pending and needs to be injected into L2, priority between coincident
> events is not dependent on exiting behavior.
>
> Fixes: b6b8a1451fc4 ("KVM: nVMX: Rework interception of IRQs and NMIs")
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>