[PATCH 5.10 2/3] KVM: LAPIC: Write 0 to TMICT should also cancel vmx-preemption timer
From: Roman Demidov
Date: Mon Oct 05 2026 - 08:37:46 EST
From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
commit e898da784aed0ea65f7672d941c01dc9b79e6299 upstream.
According to the SDM 10.5.4.1:
A write of 0 to the initial-count register effectively stops the local
APIC timer, in both one-shot and periodic mode.
However, the lapic timer oneshot/periodic mode which is emulated by vmx-preemption
timer doesn't stop by writing 0 to TMICT since vmx->hv_deadline_tsc is still
programmed and the guest will receive the spurious timer interrupt later. This
patch fixes it by also cancelling the vmx-preemption timer when writing 0 to
the initial-count register.
Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Message-Id: <1623050385-100988-1-git-send-email-wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
Stable-dep-of: 54b3439c8e70 ("KVM: LAPIC: Also cancel preemption timer during SET_LAPIC")
Signed-off-by: Roman Demidov <roman.demidov.nn@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 17 +++++++++++------
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 8f41a5ecea22..c17628c30c8c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -1491,6 +1491,15 @@ static void limit_periodic_timer_frequency(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
static void cancel_hv_timer(struct kvm_lapic *apic);
+static void cancel_apic_timer(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
+{
+ hrtimer_cancel(&apic->lapic_timer.timer);
+ preempt_disable();
+ if (apic->lapic_timer.hv_timer_in_use)
+ cancel_hv_timer(apic);
+ preempt_enable();
+}
+
static void apic_update_lvtt(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
{
u32 timer_mode = kvm_lapic_get_reg(apic, APIC_LVTT) &
@@ -1499,11 +1508,7 @@ static void apic_update_lvtt(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
if (apic->lapic_timer.timer_mode != timer_mode) {
if (apic_lvtt_tscdeadline(apic) != (timer_mode ==
APIC_LVT_TIMER_TSCDEADLINE)) {
- hrtimer_cancel(&apic->lapic_timer.timer);
- preempt_disable();
- if (apic->lapic_timer.hv_timer_in_use)
- cancel_hv_timer(apic);
- preempt_enable();
+ cancel_apic_timer(apic);
kvm_lapic_set_reg(apic, APIC_TMICT, 0);
apic->lapic_timer.period = 0;
apic->lapic_timer.tscdeadline = 0;
@@ -2099,7 +2104,7 @@ int kvm_lapic_reg_write(struct kvm_lapic *apic, u32 reg, u32 val)
if (apic_lvtt_tscdeadline(apic))
break;
- hrtimer_cancel(&apic->lapic_timer.timer);
+ cancel_apic_timer(apic);
kvm_lapic_set_reg(apic, APIC_TMICT, val);
start_apic_timer(apic);
break;
--
2.53.0