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Message-ID: <e1a4eb94-f14b-c96b-5d82-c76ddafebd8a@intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 3 Jul 2020 06:29:58 +0800
From:   Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] KVM: X86: Move kvm_x86_ops.update_vcpu_model()
 into kvm_update_vcpu_model()

On 7/3/2020 2:59 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 07:58:15PM +0800, Xiaoyao Li wrote:
>> kvm_x86_ops.update_vcpu_model() is used to update vmx/svm vcpu settings
>> based on updated CPUID settings. So it's supposed to be called after
>> CPUIDs are fully updated, i.e., kvm_update_cpuid().
>>
>> Move it in kvm_update_vcpu_model().
> 
> The changelog needs to provide an in-depth analysis of VMX and SVM to prove
> that there are no existing dependencies in the ordering.  I've done the
> analysis a few times over the past few years for a similar chage I carried
> in my SGX code, but dropped that code a while back and haven't done the
> analysis since.  Anyways, it should be documented.

No problem. Will add the analysis in next version.

>> Signed-off-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>
>> ---
>> ---
>>   arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 5 +++--
>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
>> index d2f93823f9fd..5decc2dd5448 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
>> @@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ void kvm_update_vcpu_model(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>   	struct kvm_lapic *apic = vcpu->arch.apic;
>>   	struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *best;
>>   
>> +	kvm_x86_ops.update_vcpu_model(vcpu);
>> +
>>   	best = kvm_find_cpuid_entry(vcpu, 1, 0);
>>   	if (best && apic) {
>>   		if (cpuid_entry_has(best, X86_FEATURE_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER))
>> @@ -136,6 +138,7 @@ void kvm_update_vcpu_model(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>   		vcpu->arch.guest_supported_xcr0 =
>>   			(best->eax | ((u64)best->edx << 32)) & supported_xcr0;
>>   
>> +
> 
> Spurious whitespace.
> 
>>   	/* Note, maxphyaddr must be updated before tdp_level. */
>>   	vcpu->arch.maxphyaddr = cpuid_query_maxphyaddr(vcpu);
>>   	vcpu->arch.tdp_level = kvm_x86_ops.get_tdp_level(vcpu);
>> @@ -224,7 +227,6 @@ int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_set_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>>   
>>   	cpuid_fix_nx_cap(vcpu);
>>   	kvm_apic_set_version(vcpu);
>> -	kvm_x86_ops.update_vcpu_model(vcpu);
>>   	kvm_update_cpuid(vcpu);
>>   	kvm_update_vcpu_model(vcpu);
>>   
>> @@ -254,7 +256,6 @@ int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_set_cpuid2(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>>   	}
>>   
>>   	kvm_apic_set_version(vcpu);
>> -	kvm_x86_ops.update_vcpu_model(vcpu);
>>   	kvm_update_cpuid(vcpu);
>>   	kvm_update_vcpu_model(vcpu);
>>   out:
>> -- 
>> 2.18.2
>>