[PATCH 4/5] KVM: x86: Use kvm_get_vcpu() instead of open-coded access

Paolo Bonzini pbonzini at redhat.com
Wed Nov 17 01:04:47 AEDT 2021


On 11/5/21 21:03, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> But I think even that is flawed, as APICv can be dynamically deactivated and
> re-activated while the VM is running, and I don't see a path that re-updates
> the IRTE when APICv is re-activated.  So I think a more conservative check is
> needed, e.g.
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c
> index 5f81ef092bd4..6cf5b2e86118 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c
> @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ int pi_update_irte(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int host_irq, uint32_t guest_irq,
> 
>          if (!kvm_arch_has_assigned_device(kvm) ||
>              !irq_remapping_cap(IRQ_POSTING_CAP) ||
> -           !kvm_vcpu_apicv_active(kvm->vcpus[0]))
> +           !irqchip_in_kernel(kvm) || !enable_apicv)
>                  return 0;
> 
>          idx = srcu_read_lock(&kvm->irq_srcu);

What happens then if pi_pre_block is called and the IRTE denotes a 
posted interrupt?

I might be wrong, but it seems to me that you have to change all of the 
occurrences this way.  As soon as enable_apicv is set, you need to go 
through the POSTED_INTR_WAKEUP_VECTOR just in case.

Paolo



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