linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] Enhance event delivery error handling

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Message-ID: <565a0127-f7da-4c68-8ac5-f0c6827c1899@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2024 21:57:08 +0000
From: Ivan Orlov <ivan.orlov0322@...il.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Ivan Orlov <iorlov@...zon.com>
Cc: bp@...en8.de, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, mingo@...hat.com,
 pbonzini@...hat.com, shuah@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com,
 kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, dwmw@...zon.co.uk,
 pdurrant@...zon.co.uk, jalliste@...zon.co.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/7] Enhance event delivery error handling

On 12/18/24 18:44, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2024, Ivan Orlov wrote:
>> Currently, the unhandleable vectoring (e.g. when guest accesses MMIO
>> during vectoring) is handled differently on VMX and SVM: on VMX KVM
>> returns internal error, when SVM goes into infinite loop trying to
>> deliver an event again and again.
>>
>> This patch series eliminates this difference by returning a KVM internal
>> error when KVM can't emulate during vectoring for both VMX and SVM.
>>
>> Also, introduce a selftest test case which covers the error handling
>> mentioned above.
> 
> A few nits throughout, but I'll address them when applying.  Thanks!
> 

Hi Sean,

Awesome, thanks a lot for fixing the commits and for the review.

-- 
Kind regards,
Ivan Orlov