Re: [PATCH MANUALSEL 5.15 3/9] KVM: VMX: clear vmx_x86_ops.sync_pir_to_irr if APICv is disabled

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Mon Dec 13 2021 - 09:27:24 EST


On 12/13/21 15:19, Sasha Levin wrote:
From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit e90e51d5f01d2baae5dcce280866bbb96816e978 ]

There is nothing to synchronize if APICv is disabled, since neither
other vCPUs nor assigned devices can set PIR.ON.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index dacdf2395f01a..4e212f04268bb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -7776,10 +7776,10 @@ static __init int hardware_setup(void)
ple_window_shrink = 0;
}
- if (!cpu_has_vmx_apicv()) {
+ if (!cpu_has_vmx_apicv())
enable_apicv = 0;
+ if (!enable_apicv)
vmx_x86_ops.sync_pir_to_irr = NULL;
- }
if (cpu_has_vmx_tsc_scaling()) {
kvm_has_tsc_control = true;


Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>