Re: [PATCH V2] KVM: SVM: Only dump VSMA to klog for debugging

From: Jarkko Sakkinen
Date: Mon Nov 07 2022 - 10:48:08 EST


On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 07:22:20AM -0700, Peter Gonda wrote:
> Explicitly print the VMSA dump at KERN_DEBUG log level, KERN_CONT uses
> KERNEL_DEFAULT if the previous log line has a newline, i.e. if there's
> nothing to continuing, and as a result the VMSA gets dumped when it
> shouldn't.
>
> The KERN_CONT documentation says it defaults back to KERNL_DEFAULT if the
> previous log line has a newline. So switch from KERN_CONT to
> print_hex_dump_debug().
>
> Jarkko pointed this out in reference to the original patch. See:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/YuPMeWX4uuR1Tz3M@xxxxxxxxxx/
> print_hex_dump(KERN_DEBUG, ...) was pointed out there, but
> print_hex_dump_debug() should similar.
>
> Fixes: 6fac42f127b8 ("KVM: SVM: Dump Virtual Machine Save Area (VMSA) to klog")
> Signed-off-by: Peter Gonda <pgonda@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Harald Hoyer <harald@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
> index c0c9ed5e279cb..9b8db157cf773 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
> @@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ static int sev_es_sync_vmsa(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
> save->dr6 = svm->vcpu.arch.dr6;
>
> pr_debug("Virtual Machine Save Area (VMSA):\n");
> - print_hex_dump(KERN_CONT, "", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE, 16, 1, save, sizeof(*save), false);
> + print_hex_dump_debug("", DUMP_PREFIX_NONE, 16, 1, save, sizeof(*save), false);
>
> return 0;
> }
> --
> 2.38.1.431.g37b22c650d-goog
>

OK, this was my careless mistake, sorry about that:


Acked-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>

BR, Jarkko