linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] KVM: x86: Mask LVTPC when handling a PMI

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Date:   Mon, 25 Sep 2023 17:34:47 +0000
From:   Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@...gle.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@...gle.com>,
        Dapeng Mi <dapeng1.mi@...ux.intel.com>,
        Like Xu <likexu@...cent.com>, Roman Kagan <rkagan@...zon.de>,
        Kan Liang <kan.liang@...el.com>,
        Dapeng1 Mi <dapeng1.mi@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: x86: Mask LVTPC when handling a PMI

From: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>

Per the SDM, "When the local APIC handles a performance-monitoring
counters interrupt, it automatically sets the mask flag in the LVT
performance counter register."

Add this behavior to KVM's local APIC emulation, to reduce the
incidence of "dazed and confused" spurious NMI warnings in Linux
guests (at least, those that use a PMI handler with "late_ack").

Fixes: 23930f9521c9 ("KVM: x86: Enable NMI Watchdog via in-kernel PIT source")
Signed-off-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
Tested-by: Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 113ca9661ab2..1f3d56a1f45f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -2729,13 +2729,17 @@ int kvm_apic_local_deliver(struct kvm_lapic *apic, int lvt_type)
 {
 	u32 reg = kvm_lapic_get_reg(apic, lvt_type);
 	int vector, mode, trig_mode;
+	int r;
 
 	if (kvm_apic_hw_enabled(apic) && !(reg & APIC_LVT_MASKED)) {
 		vector = reg & APIC_VECTOR_MASK;
 		mode = reg & APIC_MODE_MASK;
 		trig_mode = reg & APIC_LVT_LEVEL_TRIGGER;
-		return __apic_accept_irq(apic, mode, vector, 1, trig_mode,
-					NULL);
+
+		r = __apic_accept_irq(apic, mode, vector, 1, trig_mode, NULL);
+		if (r && lvt_type == APIC_LVTPC)
+			kvm_lapic_set_reg(apic, lvt_type, reg | APIC_LVT_MASKED);
+		return r;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.42.0.515.g380fc7ccd1-goog