Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: fix APICv/x2AVIC disabled when vm reboot by itself

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Fri Dec 02 2022 - 10:49:37 EST


On Fri, Dec 02, 2022, Yuan ZhaoXiong wrote:
> This patch fixes that VM rebooting itself will cause APICv
> disabled when VM is started with APICv/x2AVIC enabled.
>
> When a VM reboot itself, The Qemu whill reset LAPIC by invoking
> ioctl(KVM_SET_LAPIC, ...) to disable x2APIC mode and set APIC_ID
> to its vcpuid in xAPIC mode.
>
> That will be handled in KVM as follows:
>
> kvm_vcpu_ioctl_set_lapic
> kvm_apic_set_state
> kvm_lapic_set_base => disable X2APIC mode
> kvm_apic_state_fixup
> kvm_lapic_xapic_id_updated
> kvm_xapic_id(apic) != apic->vcpu->vcpu_id
> kvm_set_apicv_inhibit(APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_APIC_ID_MODIFIED)
> memcpy(vcpu->arch.apic->regs, s->regs, sizeof(*s)) => update APIC_ID
>
> kvm_apic_set_state invokes kvm_lapic_set_base to disable x2APIC mode
> firstly, but don't change APIC_ID, APIC_ID is 32 bits in x2APIC mode
> and 8 bist(bit 24 ~ bit 31) in xAPIC mode. So kvm_lapic_xapic_id_updated
> will set APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_APIC_ID_MODIFIED bit inhibit and disable
> APICv/x2AVIC.
>
> kvm_lapic_xapic_id_updated must be called after APIC_ID is changed.
>
> Fixes: 3743c2f02517 ("KVM: x86: inhibit APICv/AVIC on changes to APIC ID or APIC base")
>
> Signed-off-by: Yuan ZhaoXiong <yuanzhaoxiong@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 5 +++--
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> index d7639d1..bf5ce86 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> @@ -2722,8 +2722,6 @@ static int kvm_apic_state_fixup(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> icr = __kvm_lapic_get_reg64(s->regs, APIC_ICR);
> __kvm_lapic_set_reg(s->regs, APIC_ICR2, icr >> 32);
> }
> - } else {
> - kvm_lapic_xapic_id_updated(vcpu->arch.apic);
> }
>
> return 0;
> @@ -2759,6 +2757,9 @@ int kvm_apic_set_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_lapic_state *s)
> }
> memcpy(vcpu->arch.apic->regs, s->regs, sizeof(*s));
>
> + if (!apic_x2apic_mode(apic))
> + kvm_lapic_xapic_id_updated(apic);
> +

Already posted[*], along with a pile of other APIC fixes. Hopefully it will land
in 6.2.

[*] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20221001005915.2041642-7-seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx