linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 007/102] KVM: Enable hardware before doing arch VM initialization

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Date:   Tue, 28 Jun 2022 14:59:00 +1200
From:   Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>
To:     isaku.yamahata@...el.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     isaku.yamahata@...il.com, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 007/102] KVM: Enable hardware before doing arch VM
 initialization

On Mon, 2022-06-27 at 14:52 -0700, isaku.yamahata@...el.com wrote:
> From: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
> 
> Swap the order of hardware_enable_all() and kvm_arch_init_vm() to
> accommodate Intel's TDX, which needs VMX to be enabled during VM init in
> order to make SEAMCALLs.
> 
> This also provides consistent ordering between kvm_create_vm() and
> kvm_destroy_vm() with respect to calling kvm_arch_destroy_vm() and
> hardware_disable_all().

Reviewed-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>

> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...el.com>
> Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> ---
>  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 14 +++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> index cee799265ce6..0acb0b6d1f82 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
> @@ -1138,19 +1138,19 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type)
>  		rcu_assign_pointer(kvm->buses[i],
>  			kzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_io_bus), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT));
>  		if (!kvm->buses[i])
> -			goto out_err_no_arch_destroy_vm;
> +			goto out_err_no_disable;
>  	}
>  
>  	kvm->max_halt_poll_ns = halt_poll_ns;
>  
> -	r = kvm_arch_init_vm(kvm, type);
> -	if (r)
> -		goto out_err_no_arch_destroy_vm;
> -
>  	r = hardware_enable_all();
>  	if (r)
>  		goto out_err_no_disable;
>  
> +	r = kvm_arch_init_vm(kvm, type);
> +	if (r)
> +		goto out_err_no_arch_destroy_vm;
> +
>  #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_IRQFD
>  	INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&kvm->irq_ack_notifier_list);
>  #endif
> @@ -1188,10 +1188,10 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type)
>  		mmu_notifier_unregister(&kvm->mmu_notifier, current->mm);
>  #endif
>  out_err_no_mmu_notifier:
> -	hardware_disable_all();
> -out_err_no_disable:
>  	kvm_arch_destroy_vm(kvm);
>  out_err_no_arch_destroy_vm:
> +	hardware_disable_all();
> +out_err_no_disable:
>  	WARN_ON_ONCE(!refcount_dec_and_test(&kvm->users_count));
>  	for (i = 0; i < KVM_NR_BUSES; i++)
>  		kfree(kvm_get_bus(kvm, i));