linux-kernel - [FYI PATCH 20/20] KVM: vmx: disable posted interrupts if no local APIC

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Message-Id: <1443436745-38086-21-git-send-email-pbonzini@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 28 Sep 2015 12:39:05 +0200
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	bsd@...hat.com
Subject: [FYI PATCH 20/20] KVM: vmx: disable posted interrupts if no local APIC

Uniprocessor 32-bit randconfigs can disable the local APIC, and posted
interrupts require reserving a vector on the LAPIC, so they are
incompatible.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 75f3ee01f59b..353b91b744d7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -986,7 +986,8 @@ static inline bool cpu_has_vmx_virtual_intr_delivery(void)
 
 static inline bool cpu_has_vmx_posted_intr(void)
 {
-	return vmcs_config.pin_based_exec_ctrl & PIN_BASED_POSTED_INTR;
+	return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC) &&
+		vmcs_config.pin_based_exec_ctrl & PIN_BASED_POSTED_INTR;
 }
 
 static inline bool cpu_has_vmx_apicv(void)
-- 
1.8.3.1

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