Re: [PATCH v2 05/21] KVM: nVMX: Prioritize TSS T-flag #DBs over Monitor Trap Flag

[Sean Christopherson]

On Wed, Jul 06, 2022, Jim Mattson wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2022 at 1:47 PM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Service TSS T-flag #DBs prior to pending MTFs, as such #DBs are higher
> > priority than MTF.  KVM itself doesn't emulate TSS #DBs, and any such
> 
> Is there a KVM erratum for that?

Nope, just this hilarious TODO:

	/*
	 * TODO: What about debug traps on tss switch?
	 *       Are we supposed to inject them and update dr6?
	 */

> > exceptions injected from L1 will be handled by hardware (or morphed to
> > a fault-like exception if injection fails), but theoretically userspace
> > could pend a TSS T-flag #DB in conjunction with a pending MTF.
> >
> > Note, there's no known use case this fixes, it's purely to be technically
> > correct with respect to Intel's SDM.
> 
> A test would be nice. :-)

LOL, yeah, but ensuring userspace-injected TSS T-bit #DBs work isn't exactly on
my list of top 100 things to look at.