From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marcelo Tosatti Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] KVM: handle exit due to INVD in VMX Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 15:58:25 -0200 Message-ID: <20101101175825.GD4484@amt.cnet> References: <20101101133501.GG31722@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: avi@redhat.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org To: Gleb Natapov Return-path: Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:32026 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750815Ab0KASJI (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Nov 2010 14:09:08 -0400 Received: from int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx01.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.11]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id oA1I978g032161 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Mon, 1 Nov 2010 14:09:07 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20101101133501.GG31722@redhat.com> Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 03:35:01PM +0200, Gleb Natapov wrote: > Currently the exit is unhandled, so guest halts with error if it tries > to execute INVD instruction. Call into emulator when INVD instruction > is executed by a guest instead. This instruction is not needed by ordinary > guests, but firmware (like OpenBIOS) use it and fail. > > Signed-off-by: Gleb Natapov > --- > ChangeLog: > v1->v2 > - New and improved patch description Applied, thanks.