Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: PPC: Book3S: Fix CONFIG_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM=n crash

2021-07-21 Thread Michael Ellerman
On Fri, 16 Jul 2021 12:43:09 +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote: > When running CPU_FTR_P9_TM_HV_ASSIST, HFSCR[TM] is set for the guest > even if the host has CONFIG_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM=n, which causes it to be > unprepared to handle guest exits while transactional. > > Normal guests don't have a problem

[PATCH 1/2] KVM: PPC: Book3S: Fix CONFIG_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM=n crash

2021-07-15 Thread Nicholas Piggin
When running CPU_FTR_P9_TM_HV_ASSIST, HFSCR[TM] is set for the guest even if the host has CONFIG_TRANSACTIONAL_MEM=n, which causes it to be unprepared to handle guest exits while transactional. Normal guests don't have a problem because the HTM capability will not be advertised, but a rogue or bug