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There are a couple x86 corner cases where you can do so, by causing an endless stream of exceptions. But they are not going to happen in a hot path, so the hype
by bonzini 5y ago
There are a couple x86 corner cases where you can do so, by causing an endless stream of exceptions. But they are not going to happen in a hot path, so the hypervisors force a vmexit on those exceptions and avoid that the processor freezes forever.