[PATCH] KVM: Never clear KVM_REQ_VM_DEAD from a vCPU's requests

[Sean Christopherson]

On Thu, 06 Aug 2026 14:46:18 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Use kvm_test_request() instead of kvm_check_request() when querying
> KVM_REQ_VM_DEAD, i.e. don't clear KVM_REQ_VM_DEAD, as the entire purpose
> of KVM_REQ_VM_DEAD is to prevent the vCPU from enterring the guest ever
> again, even if userspace insists on redoing KVM_RUN.
> 
> Ensuring KVM_REQ_VM_DEAD is never cleared will allow relaxing KVM's rule
> that ioctls can't be invoked on dead VMs, to only disallow ioctls if the
> VM is bugged, i.e. if KVM hit a KVM_BUG_ON().
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 fixes, thanks!

[1/1] KVM: Never clear KVM_REQ_VM_DEAD from a vCPU's requests
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/8cd280282d12

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