Re: [PATCH] x86/apic: simplify disconnect_bsp_APIC setup of LVT{0/1}

From: Roger Pau MonnÃ
Date: Wed Feb 19 2020 - 07:37:00 EST


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On Mon, Jan 27, 2020 at 06:57:58PM +0100, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> There's no need to read the current values of LVT{0/1} for the
> purposes of the function, which seem to be to save the currently
> selected vector: in the destination modes used (ExtINT and NMI) the
> vector field is ignored and hence can be set to 0.
>
> Note that clear_local_APIC as called by init_bsp_APIC would have
> already wiped those registers by writing APIC_LVT_MASKED, and hence
> there's nothing useful to preserve if that was the intent. Also note
> that there are other places where LVT{0/1} is written to without doing
> a read-modify-write (init_bsp_APIC and clear_local_APIC), so if
> writing 0s to the reserved parts would cause issues they would be also
> triggered by writes elsewhere.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monnà <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c | 14 ++------------
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
> index 28446fa6bf18..ce0c65340b4c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c
> @@ -2292,12 +2292,7 @@ void disconnect_bsp_APIC(int virt_wire_setup)
> * For LVT0 make it edge triggered, active high,
> * external and enabled
> */
> - value = apic_read(APIC_LVT0);
> - value &= ~(APIC_MODE_MASK | APIC_SEND_PENDING |
> - APIC_INPUT_POLARITY | APIC_LVT_REMOTE_IRR |
> - APIC_LVT_LEVEL_TRIGGER | APIC_LVT_MASKED);
> - value |= APIC_LVT_REMOTE_IRR | APIC_SEND_PENDING;
> - value = SET_APIC_DELIVERY_MODE(value, APIC_MODE_EXTINT);
> + value = APIC_LVT_REMOTE_IRR | APIC_SEND_PENDING | APIC_DM_EXTINT;
> apic_write(APIC_LVT0, value);
> } else {
> /* Disable LVT0 */
> @@ -2308,12 +2303,7 @@ void disconnect_bsp_APIC(int virt_wire_setup)
> * For LVT1 make it edge triggered, active high,
> * nmi and enabled
> */
> - value = apic_read(APIC_LVT1);
> - value &= ~(APIC_MODE_MASK | APIC_SEND_PENDING |
> - APIC_INPUT_POLARITY | APIC_LVT_REMOTE_IRR |
> - APIC_LVT_LEVEL_TRIGGER | APIC_LVT_MASKED);
> - value |= APIC_LVT_REMOTE_IRR | APIC_SEND_PENDING;
> - value = SET_APIC_DELIVERY_MODE(value, APIC_MODE_NMI);
> + value = APIC_LVT_REMOTE_IRR | APIC_SEND_PENDING | APIC_DM_NMI;
> apic_write(APIC_LVT1, value);
> }
>
> --
> 2.25.0
>