KVM notify VM Exit
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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intel |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
qemu (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
A VMM can enable notification VM exits to occur if no interrupt windows occur
in VMX non-root operation for a specified amount of time (notify window).
KVM Enabling:
1.enable bit 31 of secondary processor-based excution control.
2.enable notification VM exit (exit reason 75) handler.
3.expose a module param to configure notify window.
Platform: Xeon Sapphire Rapids
Linux 5.20
Notify VM Exit(Still requires qemu patches to enable it):
2f4073e08f4c KVM: VMX: Enable Notify VM exit
938c8745bcf2 KVM: x86: Introduce "struct kvm_caps" to track misc caps/settings
30267b43c5b0 KVM: selftests: Add a test to get/set triple fault event
ed2351174e38 KVM: x86: Extend KVM_{G,
qemu 7.2
e2e69f6bb9 i386: add notify VM exit support
5f8a6bce1f kvm: expose struct KVMState
3dba0a335c kvm: allow target-specific accelerator properties