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SubjectRe: [PATCH 03/28] KVM: nSVM: inject exceptions via svm_check_nested_events
On Mon, Mar 08, 2021, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 08/03/21 17:44, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > VMCALL is also probably ok
> > in most scenarios, but patching L2's code from L0 KVM is sketchy.
>
> I agree that patching is sketchy and I'll send a patch. However...
>
> > > The same is true for the VMware #GP interception case.
> >
> > I highly doubt that will ever work out as intended for the modified IO #GP
> > behavior. The only way emulating #GP in L2 is correct if L1 wants to pass
> > through the capabilities to L2, i.e. the I/O access isn't intercepted by L1.
> > That seems unlikely.
>
> ... not all hypervisors trap everything. In particular in this case the
> VMCS12 I/O permission bitmap should be consulted (which we do in
> vmx_check_intercept_io), but if the I/O is not trapped by L1 it should
> bypass the IOPL and TSS-bitmap checks in my opinion.

I agree, _if_ it's not trapped. But bypassing the checks when it is trapped is
clearly wrong.

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