[PATCH 4/5] x86/apic: Introduce a variable to track the number of EILVT registers

From: Naveen N Rao (AMD)

Date: Wed Apr 01 2026 - 00:59:22 EST


Future AMD processors will be increasing the number of EILVT registers.
Rather than hardcoding the maximum EILVT register count and using that
everywhere, introduce a variable to track the EILVT register count.

The number of EILVT registers is exposed through the extended APIC
Feature Register (APIC_EFEAT) bits 23:16. Use this to initialize the
count and fall back to the current default (APIC_EILVT_NR_AMD_10H) if
the count is not available.

Export the new variable for KVM since it needs this for supporting
extended APIC register space on AMD.

Signed-off-by: Naveen N Rao (AMD) <naveen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Manali Shukla <manali.shukla@xxxxxxx>
---
http://lore.kernel.org/r/20260204074452.55453-3-manali.shukla@xxxxxxx as
a related series adding support for KVM and needing access to the EILVT
register count.

- Naveen


arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h | 2 ++
arch/x86/include/asm/apicdef.h | 1 +
arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
index 9cd493d467d4..8b03c7a14706 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ enum apic_intr_mode_id {
APIC_SYMMETRIC_IO_NO_ROUTING
};

+extern unsigned int apic_eilvt_count;
+
/*
* With 82489DX we can't rely on apic feature bit
* retrieved via cpuid but still have to deal with
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apicdef.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apicdef.h
index bc125c4429dc..ba7657e75ad1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apicdef.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apicdef.h
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
#define APIC_TDR_DIV_64 0x9
#define APIC_TDR_DIV_128 0xA
#define APIC_EFEAT 0x400
+#define APIC_EFEAT_XLC(x) (((x) >> 16) & 0xff)
#define APIC_ECTRL 0x410
#define APIC_SEOI 0x420
#define APIC_IER 0x480
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
index 639904911444..748e09c5b322 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ static void __setup_APIC_LVTT(unsigned int clocks, int oneshot, int irqen)
*/

static atomic_t eilvt_offsets[APIC_EILVT_NR_MAX];
+unsigned int apic_eilvt_count __ro_after_init;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM(apic_eilvt_count);

static inline int eilvt_entry_is_changeable(unsigned int old, unsigned int new)
{
@@ -409,6 +411,15 @@ int setup_APIC_eilvt(u8 offset, u8 vector, u8 msg_type, u8 mask)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(setup_APIC_eilvt);

+static __init void init_eilvt(void)
+{
+ if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_EXTAPIC))
+ apic_eilvt_count = APIC_EFEAT_XLC(apic_read(APIC_EFEAT));
+
+ if (!apic_eilvt_count)
+ apic_eilvt_count = APIC_EILVT_NR_AMD_10H;
+}
+
/*
* Program the next event, relative to now
*/
@@ -1644,6 +1655,9 @@ static void setup_local_APIC(void)
if (!cpu)
cmci_recheck();
#endif
+
+ if (!apic_eilvt_count)
+ init_eilvt();
}

static void end_local_APIC_setup(void)
--
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