Re: [RFC v2 02/17] x86/apic: Initialize Secure AVIC APIC backing page

[Thomas Gleixner]

On Wed, Feb 26 2025 at 14:35, Neeraj Upadhyay wrote:
> @@ -1504,6 +1504,8 @@ static void setup_local_APIC(void)
>  		return;
>  	}
>  
> +	if (apic->setup)
> +		apic->setup();

That's broken for AP bringup. This is invoked from ap_starting()
_before_ anything of the CPU is populated. You _CANNOT_ 

> +static void x2apic_savic_setup(void)
> +{
> +	void *backing_page;
> +	enum es_result ret;
> +	unsigned long gpa;
> +
> +	if (this_cpu_read(apic_backing_page))
> +		return;
> +
> +	backing_page = kzalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);

allocate memory at that point. This was clearly never tested with any
debugging enabled. And no GFP_ATOMIC is not the right thing either.

This allocation has to happen on the control CPU before the AP is kicked
into life.

But the right thing to do is:

struct apic_page __percpu *backing_page __ro_after_init;

and do once on the boot CPU:

    backing_page = alloc_percpu(struct apic_page);

I talk more about that struct apic_page in the context of a subsequent
patch.

Thanks,

        tglx