[PATCH 08/11] KVM: selftests: Run the nested x2APIC with and without APICv being inhibited in L2

From: Paolo Bonzini

Date: Sat Sep 26 2026 - 01:36:55 EST


From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <20260813223610.2043560-4-seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
.../selftests/kvm/x86/nested_x2apic_test.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/nested_x2apic_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/nested_x2apic_test.c
index e77b4c347272..a1072bf499ee 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/nested_x2apic_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86/nested_x2apic_test.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#define POSTED_INTR_WAKEUP_VECTOR 0xf1
#define POSTED_INTR_NESTED_VECTOR 0xf0

+static bool inhibit_apicv;
static volatile unsigned int nr_irqs;

static void guest_irq_handler(struct ex_regs *regs)
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ static void guest_irq_handler(struct ex_regs *regs)

static void l2_guest_code(void)
{
- wrmsr(MSR_IA32_APICBASE, rdmsr(MSR_IA32_APICBASE) & GENMASK_ULL(11, 0));
+ if (inhibit_apicv)
+ wrmsr(MSR_IA32_APICBASE, rdmsr(MSR_IA32_APICBASE) & GENMASK_ULL(11, 0));
asm volatile("cpuid" ::: "eax", "ebx", "ecx", "edx");
}

@@ -78,20 +80,20 @@ static void l1_guest_code(void *test_data)
GUEST_DONE();
}

-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+static void __test_x2apic_intercepts(void)
{
gva_t nested_test_data_gva;
struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
struct kvm_vm *vm;
struct ucall uc;

- TEST_REQUIRE(kvm_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SVM) || kvm_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_VMX));
-
vm = vm_create_with_one_vcpu(&vcpu, l1_guest_code);
vm_install_exception_handler(vm, POSTED_INTR_VECTOR, guest_irq_handler);
vm_install_exception_handler(vm, POSTED_INTR_WAKEUP_VECTOR, guest_irq_handler);
vm_install_exception_handler(vm, POSTED_INTR_NESTED_VECTOR, guest_irq_handler);

+ sync_global_to_guest(vm, inhibit_apicv);
+
if (kvm_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SVM))
vcpu_alloc_svm(vm, &nested_test_data_gva);
else
@@ -115,3 +117,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])

kvm_vm_free(vm);
}
+
+#define test_x2apic_intercepts(inhibit_apic_setting) \
+do { \
+ inhibit_apic_setting; \
+ \
+ __test_x2apic_intercepts(); \
+} while (0)
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+ TEST_REQUIRE(kvm_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SVM) || kvm_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_VMX));
+
+ test_x2apic_intercepts(inhibit_apicv = true);
+ test_x2apic_intercepts(inhibit_apicv = false);
+}
--
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