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[v4,1/4] KVM: x86: Clarify the kvm_run.emulation_failure structure layout

Message ID 20210813071211.1635310-2-david.edmondson@oracle.com (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series KVM: x86: Convey the exit reason, etc. to user-space on emulation failure | expand

Commit Message

David Edmondson Aug. 13, 2021, 7:12 a.m. UTC
Until more flags for kvm_run.emulation_failure flags are defined, it
is undetermined whether new payload elements corresponding to those
flags will be additive or alternative. As a hint to userspace that an
alternative is possible, wrap the current payload elements in a union.

Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David Edmondson <david.edmondson@oracle.com>
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 include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index d9e4aabcb31a..6c79c1ce3703 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -402,8 +402,12 @@  struct kvm_run {
 			__u32 suberror;
 			__u32 ndata;
 			__u64 flags;
-			__u8  insn_size;
-			__u8  insn_bytes[15];
+			union {
+				struct {
+					__u8  insn_size;
+					__u8  insn_bytes[15];
+				};
+			};
 		} emulation_failure;
 		/* KVM_EXIT_OSI */
 		struct {