Clearing EFER.SVME is not architected to set GIF. Don't set GIF when emulating a change to EFER that clears EFER.SVME. This is covered in the discussion at https://lore.kernel.org/all/5b8787b8-16e9-13dc-7fca-0dc441d673f9@citrix.com/. Fixes: c513f484c558 ("KVM: nSVM: leave guest mode when clearing EFER.SVME") Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson --- arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c index 3a9fe0a8b78c..5387851a96da 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c @@ -223,7 +223,6 @@ int svm_set_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 efer) if ((old_efer & EFER_SVME) != (efer & EFER_SVME)) { if (!(efer & EFER_SVME)) { svm_leave_nested(vcpu); - svm_set_gif(svm, true); /* #GP intercept is still needed for vmware backdoor */ if (!enable_vmware_backdoor) clr_exception_intercept(svm, GP_VECTOR); -- 2.51.0.710.ga91ca5db03-goog