Re: [PATCH resend v5 0/6] KVM: nVMX: Enable nested apicv support

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Tue Feb 03 2015 - 11:16:15 EST




On 03/02/2015 16:46, Wincy Van wrote:
> v1 ---> v2:
> Use spin lock to ensure vmcs12 is safe when doing nested
> posted interrupt delivery.
>
> v2 ---> v3:
> 1. Add a new field in nested_vmx to avoid the spin lock in v2.
> 2. Drop send eoi to L1 when doing nested interrupt delivery.
> 3. Use hardware MSR bitmap to enable nested virtualize x2apic
> mode.
>
> v3 ---> v4:
> 1. Optimize nested msr bitmap merging.
> 2. Allocate nested msr bitmap only when nested == 1.
> 3. Inline the nested vmx control checking functions.
>
> v4 ---> v5:
> 1. Move EXIT_REASON_APIC_WRITE to the apic register
> virtualization patch.
> 2. Accomplish nested posted interrupts manually if
> they are not recognized by hardware.

Thanks, will apply soon to kvm/queue.

Paolo

> Wincy Van (6):
> KVM: nVMX: Use hardware MSR bitmap
> KVM: nVMX: Enable nested virtualize x2apic mode
> KVM: nVMX: Make nested control MSRs per-cpu
> KVM: nVMX: Enable nested apic register virtualization
> KVM: nVMX: Enable nested virtual interrupt delivery
> KVM: nVMX: Enable nested posted interrupt processing
>
> arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 13 +-
> arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h | 1 +
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 647 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> 3 files changed, 557 insertions(+), 104 deletions(-)
>
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