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| author | Aaron Lewis <aaronlewis@google.com> | 2021-05-10 07:48:33 -0700 |
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| committer | Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> | 2021-06-24 18:00:48 -0400 |
| commit | 19238e75bd8ed8ffe784bf5b37586e77b2093742 (patch) | |
| tree | 13d0d58c59af12f70c7ae7b3f83a4c6a0e755a29 /arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | |
| parent | 27de925044e18eb056d6157305c841b1408621b5 (diff) | |
kvm: x86: Allow userspace to handle emulation errors
Add a fallback mechanism to the in-kernel instruction emulator that
allows userspace the opportunity to process an instruction the emulator
was unable to. When the in-kernel instruction emulator fails to process
an instruction it will either inject a #UD into the guest or exit to
userspace with exit reason KVM_INTERNAL_ERROR. This is because it does
not know how to proceed in an appropriate manner. This feature lets
userspace get involved to see if it can figure out a better path
forward.
Signed-off-by: Aaron Lewis <aaronlewis@google.com>
Reviewed-by: David Edmondson <david.edmondson@oracle.com>
Message-Id: <20210510144834.658457-2-aaronlewis@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h index 3cd496c8acb8..c9ec5c76c438 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h @@ -1114,6 +1114,12 @@ struct kvm_arch { bool exception_payload_enabled; bool bus_lock_detection_enabled; + /* + * If exit_on_emulation_error is set, and the in-kernel instruction + * emulator fails to emulate an instruction, allow userspace + * the opportunity to look at it. + */ + bool exit_on_emulation_error; /* Deflect RDMSR and WRMSR to user space when they trigger a #GP */ u32 user_space_msr_mask; |