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[9/9] KVM: SVM: Skip intercepted PAUSE instructions after emulation

Message ID 20210205005750.3841462-10-seanjc@google.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series KVM: x86: Move common exit handlers to x86.c | expand

Commit Message

Sean Christopherson Feb. 5, 2021, 12:57 a.m. UTC 
Skip PAUSE after interception to avoid unnecessarily re-executing the
instruction in the guest, e.g. after regaining control post-yield.
This is a benign bug as KVM disables PAUSE interception if filtering is
off, including the case where pause_filter_count is set to zero.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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 arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
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diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index b6acc73d356a..ac634b9eba8a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -2992,7 +2992,7 @@  static int pause_interception(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		grow_ple_window(vcpu);
 
 	kvm_vcpu_on_spin(vcpu, in_kernel);
-	return 1;
+	return kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
 }
 
 static int invpcid_interception(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)