linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.14 23/29] KVM: VMX: Fix stale docs for kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest

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Message-Id: <20211227151319.232863626@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 27 Dec 2021 16:27:33 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 23/29] KVM: VMX: Fix stale docs for kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state

From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>

commit 0ff29701ffad9a5d5a24344d8b09f3af7b96ffda upstream.

Update the documentation for kvm-intel's emulate_invalid_guest_state to
rectify the description of KVM's default behavior, and to document that
the behavior and thus parameter only applies to L1.

Fixes: a27685c33acc ("KVM: VMX: Emulate invalid guest state by default")
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Message-Id: <20211207193006.120997-4-seanjc@...gle.com>
Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |    8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1905,8 +1905,12 @@
 			Default is 1 (enabled)
 
 	kvm-intel.emulate_invalid_guest_state=
-			[KVM,Intel] Enable emulation of invalid guest states
-			Default is 0 (disabled)
+			[KVM,Intel] Disable emulation of invalid guest state.
+			Ignored if kvm-intel.enable_unrestricted_guest=1, as
+			guest state is never invalid for unrestricted guests.
+			This param doesn't apply to nested guests (L2), as KVM
+			never emulates invalid L2 guest state.
+			Default is 1 (enabled)
 
 	kvm-intel.flexpriority=
 			[KVM,Intel] Disable FlexPriority feature (TPR shadow).