Re: [PATCH] KVM: nVMX: Fix the NMI IDT-vectoring info handling

From: Wanpeng Li
Date: Thu Sep 22 2016 - 05:45:48 EST


2016-09-22 17:37 GMT+08:00 Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>
> On 22/09/2016 05:34, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>> - if (vmx->rmode.vm86_active) {
>> - if (kvm_inject_realmode_interrupt(vcpu, NMI_VECTOR, 0) != EMULATE_DONE)
>> - kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TRIPLE_FAULT, vcpu);
>> - return;
>> + ++vcpu->stat.nmi_injections;
>> + vmx->nmi_known_unmasked = false;
>> + if (vmx->rmode.vm86_active) {
>> + if (kvm_inject_realmode_interrupt(vcpu, NMI_VECTOR, 0) != EMULATE_DONE)
>> + kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_TRIPLE_FAULT, vcpu);
>> + return;
>> + }
>> }
>> vmcs_write32(VM_ENTRY_INTR_INFO_FIELD,
>> INTR_TYPE_NMI_INTR | INTR_INFO_VALID_MASK | NMI_VECTOR);
>
> Hi,
>
> the patch is mostly okay but the "if (vmx->rmode.vm86_active)" part
> should be done also if the VCPU is in guest mode. See
> vmx_queue_exception for a similar example.

Thanks for pointing out. :)

>
> I would like to know which processors lack virtual NMI support. I'd
> rather rip that code out...

At least the Sandy Bridge server on my hand supports Virtual NMIs, I
don't have machine older than this.

Regards,
Wanpeng Li