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bhyve: Sleep briefly in the VMEXIT_DEBUG handler
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Authored by markj on Mar 20 2023, 2:57 PM.
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As of commit 0bda8d3e9f7a ("vmm: permit some IPIs to be handled by
userspace") and commit 9cc9abf409cc ("bhyve: create all vcpus on
startup"), we have a misbehaviour where AP vCPU threads spin until they
receive a SIPI. In particular, since they are "suspended", they simply
call the VMEXIT_DEBUG handler in a loop, but the handler is a no-op by
default.

This is tricky to fix since the gdb stub isn't aware of whether a given
vCPU is supposed to be running. For 13.2's sake, introduce a simple
workaround wherein the VMEXIT_DEBUG handler sleeps for a short period.
This ensures that host CPU usage remains sane when VMs are starting.

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