linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] KVM: x86: pending exception must be be injected even with an injected event

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Date:   Thu, 25 Feb 2021 18:25:29 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "open list:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)" 
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        "maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)" <x86@...nel.org>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] KVM: x86: pending exception must be be injected even
 with an injected event

On 25/02/21 17:06, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> On Thu, 2021-02-25 at 17:05 +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> On 25/02/21 16:41, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
>>> Injected events should not block a pending exception, but rather,
>>> should either be lost or be delivered to the nested hypervisor as part of
>>> exitintinfo/IDT_VECTORING_INFO
>>> (if nested hypervisor intercepts the pending exception)
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
>>
>> Does this already fix some of your new test cases?
> 
> Yes, this fixes the 'interrupted' interrupt delivery test,
> while patch fixes th 'interrupted' exception delivery.
> Both interrupted by an exception.

Could you post the tests, marking them as XFAIL if possible?

Thanks,

Paolo