Re: [PATCH] KVM: SVM: compile out AVIC if !CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC

From: Suravee Suthikulanit
Date: Tue Jun 14 2016 - 14:35:49 EST


Hi Paolo,

On 6/14/2016 11:40 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
AVIC needs __default_cpu_present_to_apicid. Stub out all functions
that use it, and disable the module parameter, if Linux is
compiled without local APIC support.

I think you are right that we should disable AVIC #ifndef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC. However, do you think we should just use default_cpu_present_to_apicid() instead of the __default_cpu_present_to_apicid()? This way, we can avoid having #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC in multiple places.

As for disabling AVIC, I think we can also do:

if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC))
avic = false;

What do you think?

Thanks,
Suravee