Re: [PATCH 2/7] KVM: x86: inhibit APICv/AVIC when the guest and/or host changes either apic id or the apic base from their default values.

From: Maxim Levitsky
Date: Tue Jun 07 2022 - 03:53:57 EST


On Tue, 2022-06-07 at 15:05 +0800, Chao Gao wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 06, 2022 at 09:08:24PM +0300, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> > +       /*
> > +        * For simplicity, the APIC acceleration is inhibited
> > +        * first time either APIC ID or APIC base are changed by
> > the guest
> > +        * from their reset values.
> > +        */
> > +       APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_APIC_ID_MODIFIED,
> > +       APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_APIC_BASE_MODIFIED,
> > +
> > +
>
> Remove one newline.
Will do.
>
> > void kvm_apic_update_apicv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > @@ -2666,6 +2683,8 @@ static int kvm_apic_state_fixup(struct
> > kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> >                         icr = __kvm_lapic_get_reg64(s->regs,
> > APIC_ICR);
> >                         __kvm_lapic_set_reg(s->regs, APIC_ICR2, icr
> > >> 32);
> >                 }
> > +       } else {
> > +               kvm_lapic_xapic_id_updated(vcpu->arch.apic);
>
> Strictly speaking, this is needed only for "set" cases.
>
True, thanks!


Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky