Clearing EFER.SVME is not architected to set GIF, so GIF may be clear
even when EFER.SVME is clear.
This is covered in the discussion at [1].
v2 -> v3:
- Keep setting GIF when force-leaving nested (Sean).
- Moved the relevant selftests patches from the series at [2] here
(Sean).
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20251009223153.3344555-1-jmattson@google.com/
[1]https://lore.kernel.org/all/5b8787b8-16e9-13dc-7fca-0dc441d673f9@citrix.com/
[2]https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20251021074736.1324328-1-yosry.ahmed@linux.dev/
Jim Mattson (2):
KVM: SVM: Allow KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE to clear GIF when SVME==0
KVM: SVM: Don't set GIF when clearing EFER.SVME
Yosry Ahmed (2):
KVM: selftests: Use TEST_ASSERT_EQ() in test_vmx_nested_state()
KVM: selftests: Extend vmx_set_nested_state_test to cover SVM
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c | 6 +-
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 1 -
tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile.kvm | 2 +-
...d_state_test.c => nested_set_state_test.c} | 128 ++++++++++++++++--
4 files changed, 120 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
rename tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/{vmx_set_nested_state_test.c => nested_set_state_test.c} (70%)
base-commit: 115d5de2eef32ac5cd488404b44b38789362dbe6
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