Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: LAPIC: Disarm LAPIC timer includes pending timer around TSC deadline switch

From: Wanpeng Li
Date: Thu May 12 2022 - 04:24:02 EST


On Wed, 11 May 2022 at 21:54, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 5/11/22 04:38, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> >
> > Fixes: 4427593258 (KVM: x86: thoroughly disarm LAPIC timer around TSC deadline switch)
> > Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li<wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
>
> Please write a testcase for this.

Something like this, however, it is not easy to catch the pending
timer in this scenario.

diff --git a/x86/apic.c b/x86/apic.c
index 23508ad..108c1c8 100644
--- a/x86/apic.c
+++ b/x86/apic.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ static void test_lapic_existence(void)
#define TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER_VECTOR 0xef
#define BROADCAST_VECTOR 0xcf

-static int tdt_count;
+static int volatile tdt_count;

static void tsc_deadline_timer_isr(isr_regs_t *regs)
{
@@ -672,6 +672,18 @@ static void test_apic_change_mode(void)
/* now tmcct == 0 and tmict != 0 */
apic_change_mode(APIC_LVT_TIMER_PERIODIC);
report(!apic_read(APIC_TMCCT), "TMCCT should stay at zero");
+
+ handle_irq(TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER_VECTOR, tsc_deadline_timer_isr);
+ irq_enable();
+
+ apic_write(APIC_LVTT, APIC_LVT_TIMER_ONESHOT |
+ APIC_LVT_TIMER_VECTOR);
+ /* Divider == 1 */
+ apic_write(APIC_TDCR, 0x0000000b);
+
+ apic_write(APIC_TMICT, 0x999999);
+ enable_tsc_deadline_timer();
+ while(tdt_count == 1);
}

#define KVM_HC_SEND_IPI 10