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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/3] KVM: x86: Fixes for kvm/queue
On Fri, Feb 11, 2022, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 2/11/22 17:31, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > Maybe the patch "Revert "KVM: VMX: Save HOST_CR3 in
> > > vmx_prepare_switch_to_guest()"" is still missing in the latest
> > > kvm/queue, I saw the same warning.
> >
> > It hasn't made it way to Linus either.
>
> This was supposed to fix the buggy patch, too:
>
> commit a9f2705ec84449e3b8d70c804766f8e97e23080d
> Author: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>
> Date: Thu Dec 16 10:19:36 2021 +0800
>
> KVM: VMX: Save HOST_CR3 in vmx_set_host_fs_gs()
> The host CR3 in the vcpu thread can only be changed when scheduling,
> so commit 15ad9762d69f ("KVM: VMX: Save HOST_CR3 in vmx_prepare_switch_to_guest()")
> changed vmx.c to only save it in vmx_prepare_switch_to_guest().
> However, it also has to be synced in vmx_sync_vmcs_host_state() when switching VMCS.
> vmx_set_host_fs_gs() is called in both places, so rename it to
> vmx_set_vmcs_host_state() and make it update HOST_CR3.
> Fixes: 15ad9762d69f ("KVM: VMX: Save HOST_CR3 in vmx_prepare_switch_to_guest()")
> Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@linux.alibaba.com>
> Message-Id: <20211216021938.11752-2-jiangshanlai@gmail.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

The underlying premise that CR3 can change only when scheduling is wrong, reverts
incoming...

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