RE: [RFC PATCH V4 3/4] x86/hyperv: Don't use auto-eoi when Secure AVIC is available

From: Michael Kelley
Date: Mon Jul 28 2025 - 10:47:07 EST


From: Tianyu Lan <ltykernel@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2025 6:43 AM
>
> Hyper-V doesn't support auto-eoi with Secure AVIC.
> So set the HV_DEPRECATING_AEOI_RECOMMENDED flag
> to force writing the EOI register after handling
> an interrupt.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tianyu Lan <tiala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Change since RFC V3:
> - Update title prefix from "x86/Hyper-V" to "x86/hyperv"
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
> index c78f860419d6..8f029650f16c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
> @@ -463,6 +463,8 @@ static void __init ms_hyperv_init_platform(void)
> ms_hyperv.max_vp_index, ms_hyperv.max_lp_index);
>
> hv_identify_partition_type();
> + if (cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_SNP_SECURE_AVIC))
> + ms_hyperv.hints |= HV_DEPRECATING_AEOI_RECOMMENDED;
>
> if (ms_hyperv.hints & HV_X64_HYPERV_NESTED) {
> hv_nested = true;
> --
> 2.25.1
>

Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@xxxxxxxxxxx>