Re: [patch] KVM: mmu.c, change BUG_ON() to WARN_ON()

[Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>]

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Subject: [patch] KVM: mmu.c, change BUG_ON() to WARN_ON()
> From: Ingo Molnar <mingo-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org>
>
> this triggered for me with the cr3 cache - do not crash the host, just 
> warn about the condition. (Given that there is code after the BUG_ON() 
> this was the anticipated behavior i suspect.)
>
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org>
>
> Index: linux/drivers/kvm/mmu.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/drivers/kvm/mmu.c
> +++ linux/drivers/kvm/mmu.c
> @@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ static void mmu_page_remove_parent_pte(s
>  	int i;
>  
>  	if (!page->multimapped) {
> -		BUG_ON(page->parent_pte != parent_pte);
> +		WARN_ON(page->parent_pte != parent_pte);
>  		page->parent_pte = NULL;
>  		return;
>  	}
>   

Host memory is corrupted, I think we should at a minimum kill the guest 
to contain the damage.


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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function


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