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KVM Xen changes for 6.15 - Don't write to the Xen hypercall page on MSR writes that are initiated by the host (userspace or KVM) to fix a class of bugs where KVM can write to guest memory at unexpected times, e.g. during vCPU creation if userspace has set the Xen hypercall MSR index to collide with an MSR that KVM emulates. - Restrict the Xen hypercall MSR indx to the unofficial synthetic range to reduce the set of possible collisions with MSRs that are emulated by KVM (collisions can still happen as KVM emulates Hyper-V MSRs, which also reside in the synthetic range). - Clean up and optimize KVM's handling of Xen MSR writes and xen_hvm_config. - Update Xen TSC leaves during CPUID emulation instead of modifying the CPUID entries when updating PV clocks, as there is no guarantee PV clocks will be updated between TSC frequency changes and CPUID emulation, and guest reads of Xen TSC should be rare, i.e. are not a hot path.
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.