Re: [PATCH] KVM: X86: Do not yield to self

From: Wanpeng Li
Date: Thu Apr 08 2021 - 23:06:09 EST


On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 at 00:56, Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 08, 2021, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> > From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > If the target is self we do not need to yield, we can avoid malicious
> > guest to play this.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Rebased on https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/1617697935-4158-1-git-send-email-wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx/
> >
> > arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 4 ++++
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > index 43c9f9b..260650f 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > @@ -8230,6 +8230,10 @@ static void kvm_sched_yield(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long dest_id)
> > if (!target)
> > goto no_yield;
> >
> > + /* yield to self */
>
> If you're going to bother with a comment, maybe elaborate a bit, e.g.
>
> /* Ignore requests to yield to self. */

Looks good, thanks.

Wanpeng