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Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:26:25 +0000
From: "Li, Xin3" <xin3.li@...el.com>
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Subject: RE: [PATCH v5 34/34] KVM: x86/vmx: execute "int $2" to handle NMI in
NMI caused VM exits when FRED is enabled
> Organization aside, this seems to defeat the purpose of _not_ unconditionally
> unmasking NMIs on ERET since the kernel assumes any random "int $2" is coming
> from KVM after an NMI VM-Exit.
I'm a bit confused. KVM VMX is the only component needing to execute "int $2"
and it surely has NMI blocked after an NMI VM-exit.
> Eww, and "int $2" doesn't even go directly to fred_exc_nmi(), it trampolines
> through fred_sw_interrupt_kernel() first. Looks like "int $2" from userspace gets
> routed to a #GP, so at least that bit is handled.
FRED does a 2-level dispatch, unless an event handler is on a hot path,
we don't promote its handling. NMI seems not a frequent event.
> I'm not dead set against the proposed approach, but IMO it's not obviously better
> than a bit of assembly to have a more direct call into the NMI handler.
I will give it a shot.
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