kvm: x86: Allow userspace to handle emulation errors

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Add a fallback mechanism to the in-kernel instruction emulator that
allows userspace the opportunity to process an instruction the emulator
was unable to.  When the in-kernel instruction emulator fails to process
an instruction it will either inject a #UD into the guest or exit to
userspace with exit reason KVM_INTERNAL_ERROR.  This is because it does
not know how to proceed in an appropriate manner.  This feature lets
userspace get involved to see if it can figure out a better path
forward.

Signed-off-by: Aaron Lewis <aaronlewis@google.com>
Reviewed-by: David Edmondson <david.edmondson@oracle.com>
Message-Id: <20210510144834.658457-2-aaronlewis@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

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Aaron Lewis 2021-05-10 07:48:33 -07:00 • committed by Paolo Bonzini

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