Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] KVM: SVM: Refactor AVIC hardware setup logic into helper function

From: Maxim Levitsky
Date: Fri Dec 03 2021 - 02:40:00 EST


On Thu, 2021-12-02 at 17:58 -0600, Suravee Suthikulpanit wrote:
> To prepare for upcoming AVIC changes. There is no functional change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c | 10 ++++++++++
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 8 +-------
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
> index 8052d92069e0..6aca1682f4b7 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
> @@ -1011,3 +1011,13 @@ void svm_vcpu_unblocking(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> kvm_vcpu_update_apicv(vcpu);
> avic_set_running(vcpu, true);
> }
> +
> +bool avic_hardware_setup(bool avic, bool npt)
> +{
> + if (!avic || !npt || !boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AVIC))
> + return false;
Nitpick: Why to pass these as local variables? npt_enabled for example is
used in many places directly.

> +
> + pr_info("AVIC enabled\n");
> + amd_iommu_register_ga_log_notifier(&avic_ga_log_notifier);
> + return true;
> +}
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> index 989685098b3e..d23bc7a7c48e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> @@ -1031,13 +1031,7 @@ static __init int svm_hardware_setup(void)
> nrips = false;
> }
>
> - enable_apicv = avic = avic && npt_enabled && boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AVIC);
> -
> - if (enable_apicv) {
> - pr_info("AVIC enabled\n");
> -
> - amd_iommu_register_ga_log_notifier(&avic_ga_log_notifier);
> - }
> + enable_apicv = avic = avic_hardware_setup(avic, npt_enabled);
>
> if (vls) {
> if (!npt_enabled ||
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
> index 5d30db599e10..1d2d72e56dd1 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
> @@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ static inline bool avic_vcpu_is_running(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> return (READ_ONCE(*entry) & AVIC_PHYSICAL_ID_ENTRY_IS_RUNNING_MASK);
> }
>
> +bool avic_hardware_setup(bool avic, bool npt);
> int avic_ga_log_notifier(u32 ga_tag);
> void avic_vm_destroy(struct kvm *kvm);
> int avic_vm_init(struct kvm *kvm);

Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky