Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] KVM: x86: allow defining return-0 static calls

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Tue Feb 15 2022 - 12:29:19 EST


On Mon, Feb 14, 2022, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> A few vendor callbacks are only used by VMX, but they return an integer
> or bool value. Introduce KVM_X86_OP_RET0 for them: a NULL value in

s/KVM_X86_OP_RET0/KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL_RET0

And maybe "NULL func" instead of "NULL value", since some members of kvm_x86_ops
hold a value, not a func.

> struct kvm_x86_ops will be changed to __static_call_return0.

This implies kvm_x86_ops itself is changed, which is incorrect. "will be patched
to __static_call_return0() when updating static calls" or so.

> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h | 20 +++++++++++++-------
> arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 4 ++++
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c | 5 -----
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 26 --------------------------
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 2 +-
> kernel/static_call.c | 1 +
> 6 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h
> index 0a074354aaf7..ad75ff5ac220 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h
> @@ -6,14 +6,19 @@ BUILD_BUG_ON(1)
> /*
> * KVM_X86_OP() and KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL() are used to help generate
> * "static_call()"s. They are also intended for use when defining
> - * the vmx/svm kvm_x86_ops. KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL() can be used for those
> + * the vmx/svm kvm_x86_ops.
> + *
> + * KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL() can be used for those
> * functions that can have a NULL definition, for example if
> * "static_call_cond()" will be used at the call sites.
> + * KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL_RET0() can be used likewise to make
> + * a definition optional, but in this case the default will

ERROR: trailing whitespace
#35: FILE: arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h:15:
+ * a definition optional, but in this case the default will $

> + * be __static_call_return0.

Uber nit, __static_call_return0() to make it clear that that's a function, not a
magic return value (though arguably it's that too).

> */
> KVM_X86_OP(hardware_enable)
> KVM_X86_OP(hardware_disable)
> KVM_X86_OP(hardware_unsetup)
> -KVM_X86_OP(cpu_has_accelerated_tpr)
> +KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL_RET0(cpu_has_accelerated_tpr)

Can we instead just remove this helper entirely and return '1' unconditionally
from KVM_CAP_VAPIC?

The usage appears to be wrong, this will return '0' for VMX, '1' for SVM.

case KVM_CAP_VAPIC:
r = !static_call(kvm_x86_cpu_has_accelerated_tpr)();
break;

Further more, our uapi says:

/* Available with KVM_CAP_VAPIC */
#define KVM_TPR_ACCESS_REPORTING _IOWR(KVMIO, 0x92, struct kvm_tpr_access_ctl)
/* Available with KVM_CAP_VAPIC */
#define KVM_SET_VAPIC_ADDR _IOW(KVMIO, 0x93, struct kvm_vapic_addr)

But neither of those check cpu_has_accelerated_tpr(). QEMU doesn't check the
cap, and AFAICT neither does our VMM.