Re: [PATCH RFC 3/5] x86: KVM: svm: clear interrupt shadow on all paths in skip_emulated_instruction()

From: Jim Mattson
Date: Thu Jun 20 2019 - 14:45:10 EST


On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 4:02 AM Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Regardless of the way how we skip instruction, interrupt shadow needs to be
> cleared.

This change is definitely an improvement, but the existing code seems
to assume that we never call skip_emulated_instruction on a
POP-SS/MOV-to-SS/STI. Is that enforced anywhere?

Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>