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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: x86: Fix split-irqchip vs interrupt injection window request
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On 12/04/21 23:43, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> where kvm_arch_interrupt_allowed() checks EFLAGS.IF (and an edge case related to
> nested virtualization). KVM also captures EFLAGS.IF in vcpu->run->if_flag.
> For whatever reason, QEMU checks both vcpu->run flags before injecting an IRQ,
> maybe to handle a case where QEMU itself clears EFLAGS.IF?

It's mostly obsolete code (that will be deprecated in the next version
and removed in about a year) so I wouldn't read much into it. if_flag
itself is obsolete; it is not provided by SEV-ES, and a useless subset
of ready_for_interrupt_injection.

Paolo

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