Re: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: APIC: remove unnecessary double checks on APIC existence

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Tue Feb 09 2016 - 10:06:24 EST




On 09/02/2016 14:55, Radim KrÄmÃÅ wrote:
> This is most likely going to bug on the following path:
> handle_apic_access -> kvm_lapic_set_eoi
>
> Before the change, handle_apic_access would just drop EOIs that should
> have gone to user space ... I'm not sure if we tested it, or the path is
> really never taken.

cpu_need_virtualize_apic_accesses is needed to set
SECONDARY_EXEC_VIRTUALIZE_APIC_ACCESSES (vmx_secondary_exec_control) and
SECONDARY_EXEC_VIRTUALIZE_APIC_ACCESSES is required to get to
handle_apic_access.

Paolo