Re: [RESEND PATCH 5/6] KVM: x86/VMX: add kvm_vmx_reinject_nmi_irq() for NMI/IRQ reinjection

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Wed Nov 23 2022 - 14:19:03 EST


On Wed, Nov 23, 2022, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 08:52:35PM +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>
> > Another wart that needs to be addressed is trace_kvm_exit(). IIRC, tracepoints
> > must be outside of noinstr, though maybe I'm misremembering that.
>
> You are not, that is correct. Another point to be careful with is usage
> of jump_label and static_call, both can be used in noinstr *provided*
> they don't actually ever change -- so boot time setup only.
>
> If either of them were to change, text_poke_bp() has a clue in the name.

I think we're mostly ok on that front. kvm_wait_lapic_expire() consumes multiple
static keys that can change at will, but that can be kept outside of the noinstr
section.

Thanks!