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Re: [PART1 RFC v4 10/11] svm: Do not intercept CR8 when enable AVIC

From Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PART1 RFC v4 10/11] svm: Do not intercept CR8 when enable AVIC
Date 2016-04-12 16:20 +0200
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2016-04-07 03:20-0500, Suravee Suthikulpanit:
> When enable AVIC:
>     * Do not intercept CR8 since this should be handled by AVIC HW.
>     * Also, we don't need to sync cr8/V_TPR and APIC backing page.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@amd.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> @@ -4069,7 +4070,8 @@ static void update_cr8_intercept(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int tpr, int irr)
> -	if (is_guest_mode(vcpu) && (vcpu->arch.hflags & HF_VINTR_MASK))
> +	if ((is_guest_mode(vcpu) && (vcpu->arch.hflags & HF_VINTR_MASK)) ||
> +	     svm_vcpu_avic_enabled(svm))
> @@ -4255,14 +4257,15 @@ static inline void sync_cr8_to_lapic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  static inline void sync_lapic_to_cr8(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  {
>  	struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
> -	u64 cr8;
> +	struct kvm_lapic *apic = vcpu->arch.apic;
>  
> -	if (is_guest_mode(vcpu) && (vcpu->arch.hflags & HF_VINTR_MASK))
> +	if (is_guest_mode(vcpu) && (vcpu->arch.hflags & HF_VINTR_MASK) &&

Should be "||" at the end of line, like above.

(Naming this condition would reduce the chance of errors.)

> +	    svm_vcpu_avic_enabled(svm))
>  		return;
>  
> -	cr8 = kvm_get_cr8(vcpu);
>  	svm->vmcb->control.int_ctl &= ~V_TPR_MASK;
> -	svm->vmcb->control.int_ctl |= cr8 & V_TPR_MASK;
> +	svm->vmcb->control.int_ctl |= (kvm_apic_get_reg(apic,
> +				       APIC_TASKPRI) >> 4) & V_TPR_MASK;

kvm_get_cr8 takes a different path without lapic_in_kernel (when avic
cannot be enabled), so the original code was better.

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[PART1 RFC v4 00/11] KVM: x86: Introduce SVM AVIC support Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@amd.com> - 2016-04-07 10:30 +0200
  [PART1 RFC v4 11/11] svm: Manage vcpu load/unload when enable AVIC Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@amd.com> - 2016-04-07 10:30 +0200
    Re: [PART1 RFC v4 11/11] svm: Manage vcpu load/unload when enable  AVIC Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2016-04-12 16:40 +0200
  [PART1 RFC v4 06/11] KVM: x86: Detect and Initialize AVIC support Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@amd.com> - 2016-04-07 10:30 +0200
    Re: [PART1 RFC v4 06/11] KVM: x86: Detect and Initialize AVIC support Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2016-04-11 22:50 +0200
      Re: [PART1 RFC v4 06/11] KVM: x86: Detect and Initialize AVIC support Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2016-04-13 00:00 +0200
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    Re: [PART1 RFC v4 01/11] KVM: x86: Misc LAPIC changes to expose  helper functions Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2016-04-11 22:40 +0200
  [PART1 RFC v4 10/11] svm: Do not intercept CR8 when enable AVIC Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@amd.com> - 2016-04-07 10:40 +0200
    Re: [PART1 RFC v4 10/11] svm: Do not intercept CR8 when enable AVIC Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com> - 2016-04-12 16:20 +0200
      Re: [PART1 RFC v4 10/11] svm: Do not intercept CR8 when enable AVIC Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2016-04-13 00:30 +0200
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