Add a note about behavioral difference for KVM_EXIT_X86_BUS_LOCK between AMD CPUs and Intel CPUs in KVM_CAP_X86_BUS_LOCK_EXIT capability documentation.
Signed-off-by: Manali Shukla manali.shukla@amd.com --- Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index b3be87489108..536010e1df1d 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -7869,6 +7869,11 @@ Note! Detected bus locks may be coincident with other exits to userspace, i.e. KVM_RUN_X86_BUS_LOCK should be checked regardless of the primary exit reason if userspace wants to take action on all detected bus locks.
+Note! In KVM on AMD CPUs, the bus lock exit to user space occurs with RIP +pointing at the offending instruction. In contrast, in KVM on Intel CPUs, the +RIP points to the instruction right after the guilty one after the bus lock +exit to user space. + 7.23 KVM_CAP_PPC_DAWR1 ----------------------