linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/8] KVM: SVM: Unwind "speculative" RIP advancement if INTn injection "fails"

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Date:   Wed, 20 Apr 2022 17:01:38 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Maciej S . Szmigiero" <maciej.szmigiero@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/8] KVM: SVM: Unwind "speculative" RIP advancement if
 INTn injection "fails"

On 4/2/22 03:08, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>   		 * but re-execute the instruction instead. Rewind RIP first
>   		 * if we emulated INT3 before.
>   		 */
> -		if (kvm_exception_is_soft(vector)) {
> -			if (vector == BP_VECTOR && int3_injected &&
> -			    kvm_is_linear_rip(vcpu, svm->int3_rip))
> -				kvm_rip_write(vcpu,
> -					      kvm_rip_read(vcpu) - int3_injected);
> +		if (kvm_exception_is_soft(vector))
>   			break;
> -		}

Stale comment.

Paolo