Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] KVM: x86: add new nested vmexit tracepoints

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 9/28/23 12:36, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> Add 3 new tracepoints for nested VM exits which are intended
> to capture extra information to gain insights about the nested guest
> behavior.
>
> The new tracepoints are:
>
> - kvm_nested_msr
> - kvm_nested_hypercall
>
> These tracepoints capture extra register state to be able to know
> which MSR or which hypercall was done.
>
> - kvm_nested_page_fault
>
> This tracepoint allows to capture extra info about which host pagefault
> error code caused the nested page fault.
>
> Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>

with just one question below that can be fixed when applying:

> @@ -1139,6 +1145,22 @@ int nested_svm_vmexit(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
>   				       vmcb12->control.exit_int_info_err,
>   				       KVM_ISA_SVM);
>   
> +	/* Collect some info about nested VM exits */
> +	switch (vmcb12->control.exit_code) {
> +	case SVM_EXIT_MSR:
> +		trace_kvm_nested_msr(vmcb12->control.exit_info_1 == 1,
> +				     kvm_rcx_read(vcpu),
> +				     (vmcb12->save.rax & -1u) |
> +				     (((u64)(kvm_rdx_read(vcpu) & -1u) << 32)));

Why the second "& -1u"?  (And I also prefer 0xFFFFFFFFull

Paolo