linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 11/16] KVM: x86: More precisely identify NMI from guest when handling PMI

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Date:   Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:38:14 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 11/16] KVM: x86: More precisely identify NMI from guest
 when handling PMI

On 22/09/21 02:05, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Note, this also doesn't completely prevent false positives if perf
> somehow ends up calling into KVM, e.g. an NMI can arrive in host after
> KVM sets its flag.

s/calling into KVM/being called from KVM/ ?

Not sure about what you meant though.  The code is nice, so

Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>

Paolo