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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/3] fix emulation error on Windows bootup
On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 05:51:05PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 27/08/19 15:07, Jan Dakinevich wrote:
> > This series intended to fix (again) a bug that was a subject of the
> > following change:
> >
> > 6ea6e84 ("KVM: x86: inject exceptions produced by x86_decode_insn")
> >
> > Suddenly, that fix had a couple mistakes. First, ctxt->have_exception was
> > not set if fault happened during instruction decoding. Second, returning
> > value of inject_emulated_instruction was used to make the decision to
> > reenter guest, but this could happen iff on nested page fault, that is not
> > the scope where this bug could occur.
> >
> > However, I have still deep doubts about 3rd commit in the series. Could
> > you please, make me an advise if it is the correct handling of guest page
> > fault?
> >
> > Jan Dakinevich (3):
> > KVM: x86: fix wrong return code
> > KVM: x86: set ctxt->have_exception in x86_decode_insn()
> > KVM: x86: always stop emulation on page fault
> >
> > arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c | 4 +++-
> > arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 4 +++-
> > 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
>
> Queued, thanks. I added the WARN_ON_ONCE that Sean suggested.

Which version did you queue? It sounds like you queued v1, which breaks
VMware backdoor emulation due to incorrect patch ordering. v3[*] fixes
the ordering issue and adds the WARN_ON_ONCE.

[*] https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/11120627/

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