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From: Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
To: kvm-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org
Cc: akpm-3NddpPZAyC0@public.gmane.org,
	linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/9] KVM: Improve reporting of vmwrite errors
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 07:50:45 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070105075045.225C3250048@il.qumranet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <459E02E7.5020407-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>

This will allow us to see the root cause when a vmwrite error happens.

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>

Index: linux-2.6/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
+++ linux-2.6/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -152,15 +152,21 @@ static u64 vmcs_read64(unsigned long fie
 #endif
 }
 
+static noinline void vmwrite_error(unsigned long field, unsigned long value)
+{
+	printk(KERN_ERR "vmwrite error: reg %lx value %lx (err %d)\n",
+	       field, value, vmcs_read32(VM_INSTRUCTION_ERROR));
+	dump_stack();
+}
+
 static void vmcs_writel(unsigned long field, unsigned long value)
 {
 	u8 error;
 
 	asm volatile (ASM_VMX_VMWRITE_RAX_RDX "; setna %0"
 		       : "=q"(error) : "a"(value), "d"(field) : "cc" );
-	if (error)
-		printk(KERN_ERR "vmwrite error: reg %lx value %lx (err %d)\n",
-		       field, value, vmcs_read32(VM_INSTRUCTION_ERROR));
+	if (unlikely(error))
+		vmwrite_error(field, value);
 }
 
 static void vmcs_write16(unsigned long field, u16 value)

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-01-05  7:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-05  7:48 [PATCH 0/9] KVM: Flush out my patch queue Avi Kivity
     [not found] ` <459E02E7.5020407-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>
2007-01-05  7:50   ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2007-01-05  7:51   ` [PATCH 2/9] KVM: Initialize vcpu->kvm a little earlier Avi Kivity
2007-01-05  7:52   ` [PATCH 3/9] KVM: Avoid oom on cr3 switch Avi Kivity
2007-01-05  7:53   ` [PATCH 4/9] KVM: Add missing 'break' Avi Kivity
2007-01-05  7:54   ` [PATCH 5/9] KVM: Don't set guest cr3 from vmx_vcpu_setup() Avi Kivity
2007-01-05  7:55   ` [PATCH 6/9] KVM: MMU: Add missing dirty bit Avi Kivity
2007-01-05  7:56   ` [PATCH 7/9] KVM: Make loading cr3 more robust Avi Kivity
2007-01-05  7:57   ` [PATCH 8/9] KVM: Simplify mmu_alloc_roots() Avi Kivity
2007-01-05  7:58   ` [PATCH 9/9] KVM: Simplify test for interrupt window Avi Kivity

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