Re: [PATCH] KVM: SVM: fix NMI window after iret

[Radim KrÄmÃÅ]

2014-01-17 12:18-0800, Greg KH:
> On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 08:52:42PM +0100, Radim KrÄmÃÅ wrote:
> > We should open NMI window right after an iret, but SVM exits before it.
> > We wanted to single step using the trap flag and then open it.
> > (or we could emulate the iret instead)
> > We don't do it since commit 3842d135ff2 (likely), because the iret exit
> > handler does not request an event, so NMI window remains closed until
> > the next exit.
> > 
> > Fix this by making KVM_REQ_EVENT request in the iret handler.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  (btw. kvm-unit-tests weren't executed on SVM since Nov 2010, at least)
> > 
> >  arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> 
> <formletter>
> 
> This is not the correct way to submit patches for inclusion in the
> stable kernel tree.  Please read Documentation/stable_kernel_rules.txt
> for how to do this properly.
> 
> </formletter>

Welp, at the last second, I decided it is not that critical to have it
in stable and forgot to clean the git-send-email command line too.

Please ignore this patch in stable.
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