Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: Exception during emulation decode should propagate

[Takuya Yoshikawa]

(2012/01/12 7:11), Takuya Yoshikawa wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:53:30 +0200
> Nadav Amit<namit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>
> > An exception might occur during decode (e.g., #PF during fetch).
> > Currently, the exception is ignored and emulation is performed.

Note that the decode/emulation will not be continued in such a case.

insn_fetch() is a bit tricky macro and it contains "goto done" to outside.
So if an error happens during fetching the instruction, x86_decode_insn()
will handle the X86EMUL_* fault value and returns FAIL immediately.

	Takuya

> When I cleaned up insn_fetch(), I thought that fetching the instruction
> which is being executed by the guest cannot cause #PF.
>
> The possibility that a meaningless userspace might similtaneously unmap
> the page, noted by Avi IIRC, was ignored intentionally, so we just fail
> in such a case.
>
> Did you see any real problem?
>
> 	Takuya
>
>
> > Instead, emulation should be skipped and the fault should be injected.
> > Skipping instruction should report a failure in this case.
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