Re: [PATCH v4 13/15] KVM: s390: configure the guest's AP devices

[Tony Krowiak]

On 04/16/2018 10:51 AM, Halil Pasic wrote:
> On 04/16/2018 03:05 PM, Pierre Morel wrote:
> > > +static void vfio_ap_mdev_release(struct mdev_device *mdev)
> > > +{
> > > +    struct ap_matrix_mdev *matrix_mdev = mdev_get_drvdata(mdev);
> > > +
> > > +    kvm_ap_deconfigure_matrix(matrix_mdev->kvm);
> > > +    kvm_ap_interpret_instructions(matrix_mdev->kvm, false);
> > This call clears the apie in KVM.
> > This is only OK if we have a single device present until the end of the VM,
> > otherwise AP instructions in the guest will fail after the release until the end of the VM
> > or until a new device is plugged.
> I agree, this seems wrong.

As I think about this more, you may be correct. I believe that one can 
remove a VFIO mediated
device via a sysfs file descriptor. I suppose that could happen while 
the guest is still running,
which would mean AP instructions executed on the guest would meet with 
an operation exception.
I will have to explore this some more.