Re: [PART1 RFC 8/9] svm: Do not intercept CR8 when enable AVIC

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Fri Feb 12 2016 - 10:48:24 EST




On 12/02/2016 14:59, Suravee Suthikulpanit wrote:
> From: Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@xxxxxxx>
>
> When enable AVIC:
> * Do not intercept CR8 since this should be handled by AVIC HW.
> * Also update TPR in APIC backing page when syncing CR8 before VMRUN
>
> Signed-off-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@xxxxxxx>

Note that latest KVM has a mechanism to disable APIC virtualization on a
per-CPU basis (kvm-vcpu_deactivate_apicv). You need to implement this too.

Paolo

> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 15 +++++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> index 0998e67..32da657 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> @@ -981,6 +981,9 @@ static __init int svm_hardware_setup(void)
>
> if (avic) {
> printk(KERN_INFO "kvm: AVIC enabled\n");
> +
> + /* Do not do cr8 intercept if AVIC is enabled. */
> + svm_x86_ops.update_cr8_intercept = NULL;
> } else {
> svm_x86_ops.deliver_posted_interrupt = NULL;
> svm_x86_ops.apicv_intr_pending = NULL;
> @@ -1098,7 +1101,8 @@ static void init_vmcb(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
> set_cr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_CR0_WRITE);
> set_cr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_CR3_WRITE);
> set_cr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_CR4_WRITE);
> - set_cr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_CR8_WRITE);
> + if (!avic)
> + set_cr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_CR8_WRITE);
>
> set_dr_intercepts(svm);
>
> @@ -4248,7 +4252,8 @@ static void update_cr8_intercept(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int tpr, int irr)
> {
> struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
>
> - if (is_guest_mode(vcpu) && (vcpu->arch.hflags & HF_VINTR_MASK))
> + if ((is_guest_mode(vcpu) && (vcpu->arch.hflags & HF_VINTR_MASK)) ||
> + avic)
> return;
>
> clr_cr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_CR8_WRITE);
> @@ -4440,8 +4445,10 @@ static inline void sync_lapic_to_cr8(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> if (is_guest_mode(vcpu) && (vcpu->arch.hflags & HF_VINTR_MASK))
> return;
>
> - cr8 = kvm_get_cr8(vcpu);
> - svm->vmcb->control.v_tpr = cr8 & V_TPR_MASK;
> + svm->vmcb->control.v_tpr = cr8 = kvm_get_cr8(vcpu) & V_TPR_MASK;
> +
> + if (avic)
> + *(avic_get_bk_page_entry(svm, APIC_TASKPRI)) = (u32)cr8 << 4;
> }
>
> static void svm_complete_interrupts(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
>