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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/2] KVM: x86: Convey the exit reason to user-space on emulation failure
On Mon, Jun 28, 2021 at 06:31:50PM +0100, David Edmondson wrote:
> To aid in debugging failures in the field, when instruction emulation

What do you mean by a "debugging failure"?

> fails, report the VM exit reason to userspace in order that it can be
> recorded.

What is the benefit of seeing the VM-exit reason that led to an
emulation failure?

>
> The changes are on top of Aaron's patches from
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210510144834.658457-1-aaronlewis@google.com
> which are in the KVM queue, but not yet upstream.
>
> David Edmondson (2):
> KVM: x86: Add kvm_x86_ops.get_exit_reason
> KVM: x86: On emulation failure, convey the exit reason to userspace
>
> arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h | 1 +
> arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 1 +
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 6 ++++++
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 6 ++++++
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++------
> include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 2 ++
> 6 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.30.2
>

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