Re: [RFC PATCH 12/18] KVM: Do processor compatibility check on cpu online and resume

From: Isaku Yamahata
Date: Tue Aug 23 2022 - 04:17:47 EST


On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 03:50:09PM +0800,
Chao Gao <chao.gao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_arch.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_arch.c
> >index 2ed8de0591c9..20971f43df95 100644
> >--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_arch.c
> >+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_arch.c
> >@@ -99,9 +99,15 @@ __weak int kvm_arch_del_vm(int usage_count)
> >
> > __weak int kvm_arch_online_cpu(unsigned int cpu, int usage_count)
> > {
> >- if (usage_count)
> >- return __hardware_enable();
> >- return 0;
> >+ int r;
> >+
> >+ if (!usage_count)
> >+ return 0;
> >+
> >+ r = kvm_arch_check_processor_compat();
> >+ if (r)
> >+ return r;
>
> I think kvm_arch_check_processor_compat() should be called even when
> usage_count is 0. Otherwise, compatibility checks may be missing on some
> CPUs if no VM is running when those CPUs becomes online.

Oh, right. Compatibility check should be done unconditionally.
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Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>