linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: KVM: Delegate illegal instruction fault

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Message-Id: <DARCHDIZG7IP.2VTEVNMVX8R1E@ventanamicro.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:04:28 +0200
From: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...tanamicro.com>
To: "Xu Lu" <luxu.kernel@...edance.com>, <anup@...infault.org>,
 <atish.patra@...ux.dev>, <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>, <palmer@...belt.com>,
 <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>, <alex@...ti.fr>
Cc: <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, <kvm-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
 <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
 "linux-riscv" <linux-riscv-bounces@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: KVM: Delegate illegal instruction fault

2025-06-20T17:17:20+08:00, Xu Lu <luxu.kernel@...edance.com>:
> Delegate illegal instruction fault to VS mode in default to avoid such
> exceptions being trapped to HS and redirected back to VS.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xu Lu <luxu.kernel@...edance.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
> +					 BIT(EXC_INST_ILLEGAL)    | \

You should also remove the dead code in kvm_riscv_vcpu_exit.

And why not delegate the others as well?
(EXC_LOAD_MISALIGNED, EXC_STORE_MISALIGNED, EXC_LOAD_ACCESS,
 EXC_STORE_ACCESS, and EXC_INST_ACCESS.)

Thanks.