Re: [PATCH v3 12/14] kvm/x86: Warning APICv inconsistency only when vcpu APIC mode is valid

From: Maxim Levitsky
Date: Wed May 04 2022 - 08:34:12 EST


On Wed, 2022-05-04 at 02:31 -0500, Suravee Suthikulpanit wrote:
> When launching a VM with x2APIC and specify more than 255 vCPUs,
> the guest kernel can disable x2APIC (e.g. specify nox2apic kernel option).
> The VM fallbacks to xAPIC mode, and disable the vCPU ID 255 and greater.
>
> In this case, APICV should be deactivated for the disabled vCPUs.
> However, the current APICv consistency warning does not account for
> this case, which results in a warning.
>
> Therefore, modify warning logic to report only when vCPU APIC mode
> is valid.
>
> Signed-off-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 7 ++++++-
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 8ee8c91fa762..b14e02ea0ff6 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -9838,6 +9838,10 @@ void kvm_vcpu_update_apicv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>
> activate = kvm_vcpu_apicv_activated(vcpu);
>
> + /* Do not activate AVIC when APIC is disabled */
> + if (kvm_get_apic_mode(vcpu) == LAPIC_MODE_DISABLED)
> + activate = false;
> +
> if (vcpu->arch.apicv_active == activate)
> goto out;
>
> @@ -10240,7 +10244,8 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> * per-VM state, and responsing vCPUs must wait for the update
> * to complete before servicing KVM_REQ_APICV_UPDATE.
> */
> - WARN_ON_ONCE(kvm_vcpu_apicv_activated(vcpu) != kvm_vcpu_apicv_active(vcpu));
> + if (kvm_vcpu_apicv_activated(vcpu) != kvm_vcpu_apicv_active(vcpu))
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(kvm_get_apic_mode(vcpu) != LAPIC_MODE_DISABLED);
>
> exit_fastpath = static_call(kvm_x86_vcpu_run)(vcpu);
> if (likely(exit_fastpath != EXIT_FASTPATH_REENTER_GUEST))

Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky