Re: [PATCH v4 18/32] KVM: x86: Explicitly skip optimized logical map setup if vCPU's LDR==0

From: Maxim Levitsky
Date: Thu Dec 08 2022 - 16:58:35 EST


On Sat, 2022-10-01 at 00:59 +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Explicitly skip the optimized map setup if the vCPU's LDR is '0', i.e. if
> the vCPU will never respond to logical mode interrupts. KVM already
> skips setup in this case, but relies on kvm_apic_map_get_logical_dest()
> to generate mask==0. KVM still needs the mask=0 check as a non-zero LDR
> can yield mask==0 depending on the mode, but explicitly handling the LDR
> will make it simpler to clean up the logical mode tracking in the future.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> index 42b61469674d..cef8b202490b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> @@ -286,10 +286,12 @@ void kvm_recalculate_apic_map(struct kvm *kvm)
> continue;
>
> ldr = kvm_lapic_get_reg(apic, APIC_LDR);
> + if (!ldr)
> + continue;
>
> if (apic_x2apic_mode(apic)) {
> new->mode |= KVM_APIC_MODE_X2APIC;
> - } else if (ldr) {
> + } else {
> ldr = GET_APIC_LOGICAL_ID(ldr);
> if (kvm_lapic_get_reg(apic, APIC_DFR) == APIC_DFR_FLAT)
> new->mode |= KVM_APIC_MODE_XAPIC_FLAT;

Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky