linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 08/15] KVM: x86: Deactivate APICv on vCPU with APIC disabled

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Date:   Mon, 09 May 2022 13:30:05 +0300
From:   Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
To:     Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     pbonzini@...hat.com, seanjc@...gle.com, joro@...tes.org,
        jon.grimm@....com, wei.huang2@....com, terry.bowman@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 08/15] KVM: x86: Deactivate APICv on vCPU with APIC
 disabled

On Mon, 2022-05-09 at 13:18 +0300, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> On Sat, 2022-05-07 at 21:39 -0500, Suravee Suthikulpanit wrote:
> > APICv should be deactivated on vCPU that has APIC disabled.
> > Therefore, call kvm_vcpu_update_apicv() when changing
> > APIC mode, and add additional check for APIC disable mode
> > when determine APICV activation,
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 4 +++-
> >  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c   | 4 +++-
> >  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> > index 8b8c4a905976..680824d7aa0d 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> > @@ -2346,8 +2346,10 @@ void kvm_lapic_set_base(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 value)
> >  	if (((old_value ^ value) & X2APIC_ENABLE) && (value & X2APIC_ENABLE))
> >  		kvm_apic_set_x2apic_id(apic, vcpu->vcpu_id);
> >  
> > -	if ((old_value ^ value) & (MSR_IA32_APICBASE_ENABLE | X2APIC_ENABLE))
> > +	if ((old_value ^ value) & (MSR_IA32_APICBASE_ENABLE | X2APIC_ENABLE)) {
> > +		kvm_vcpu_update_apicv(vcpu);
> >  		static_call_cond(kvm_x86_set_virtual_apic_mode)(vcpu);
> 
> As futher optimization, we might even get rid of .set_virtual_apic_mode
> and do all of this in kvm_vcpu_update_apicv.
> But no need to this now.
> 
> 
> > +	}
> >  
> >  	apic->base_address = apic->vcpu->arch.apic_base &
> >  			     MSR_IA32_APICBASE_BASE;
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > index 8ee8c91fa762..77e49892dea1 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > @@ -9836,7 +9836,9 @@ void kvm_vcpu_update_apicv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >  
> >  	down_read(&vcpu->kvm->arch.apicv_update_lock);
> >  
> > -	activate = kvm_vcpu_apicv_activated(vcpu);
> > +	/* Do not activate APICV when APIC is disabled */
> > +	activate = kvm_vcpu_apicv_activated(vcpu) &&
> > +		   (kvm_get_apic_mode(vcpu) != LAPIC_MODE_DISABLED);
> >  
> >  	if (vcpu->arch.apicv_active == activate)
> >  		goto out;
> 
> Looks good!
> 
> Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
> 
> Best regards,
> 	Maxim Levitsky
> 

Sorry for a duplicated reply - I tried to cancel it
to correct a typo, but I was too late I see.

Best regards,
	Maxim Levitsky