Re: [PATCH 1/4] target/i386: Fix sanity check on max APIC ID / X2APIC enablement

["Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 02:25:41PM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
> The check on x86ms->apic_id_limit in pc_machine_done() had two problems.
> 
> Firstly, we need KVM to support the X2APIC API in order to allow IRQ
> delivery to APICs >= 255. So we need to call/check kvm_enable_x2apic(),
> which was done elsewhere in *some* cases but not all.
> 
> Secondly, microvm needs the same check. So move it from pc_machine_done()
> to x86_cpus_init() where it will work for both.
> 
> The check in kvm_cpu_instance_init() is now redundant and can be dropped.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
> Acked-by: Claudio Fontana <cfontana@suse.de>


Fow now I applied this as-is, in particular because if the added split
irqchip test make check started failing for me on Fedora.
Igor please go ahead and make a change on top limiting things
to the split irqchip.

> ---
>  hw/i386/pc.c              |  8 --------
>  hw/i386/x86.c             | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  target/i386/kvm/kvm-cpu.c |  2 +-
>  3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/hw/i386/pc.c b/hw/i386/pc.c
> index fd55fc725c..d3ab28fec5 100644
> --- a/hw/i386/pc.c
> +++ b/hw/i386/pc.c
> @@ -740,14 +740,6 @@ void pc_machine_done(Notifier *notifier, void *data)
>          /* update FW_CFG_NB_CPUS to account for -device added CPUs */
>          fw_cfg_modify_i16(x86ms->fw_cfg, FW_CFG_NB_CPUS, x86ms->boot_cpus);
>      }
> -
> -
> -    if (x86ms->apic_id_limit > 255 && !xen_enabled() &&
> -        !kvm_irqchip_in_kernel()) {
> -        error_report("current -smp configuration requires kernel "
> -                     "irqchip support.");
> -        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
> -    }
>  }
>  
>  void pc_guest_info_init(PCMachineState *pcms)
> diff --git a/hw/i386/x86.c b/hw/i386/x86.c
> index 4cf107baea..8da55d58ea 100644
> --- a/hw/i386/x86.c
> +++ b/hw/i386/x86.c
> @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
>  #include "sysemu/replay.h"
>  #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
>  #include "sysemu/cpu-timers.h"
> +#include "sysemu/xen.h"
>  #include "trace.h"
>  
>  #include "hw/i386/x86.h"
> @@ -123,6 +124,21 @@ void x86_cpus_init(X86MachineState *x86ms, int default_cpu_version)
>       */
>      x86ms->apic_id_limit = x86_cpu_apic_id_from_index(x86ms,
>                                                        ms->smp.max_cpus - 1) + 1;
> +
> +    /*
> +     * Can we support APIC ID 255 or higher?
> +     *
> +     * Under Xen: yes.
> +     * With userspace emulated lapic: no
> +     * With KVM's in-kernel lapic: only if X2APIC API is enabled.
> +     */
> +    if (x86ms->apic_id_limit > 255 && !xen_enabled() &&
> +        (!kvm_irqchip_in_kernel() || !kvm_enable_x2apic())) {
> +        error_report("current -smp configuration requires kernel "
> +                     "irqchip and X2APIC API support.");
> +        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
> +    }
> +
>      possible_cpus = mc->possible_cpu_arch_ids(ms);
>      for (i = 0; i < ms->smp.cpus; i++) {
>          x86_cpu_new(x86ms, possible_cpus->cpus[i].arch_id, &error_fatal);
> diff --git a/target/i386/kvm/kvm-cpu.c b/target/i386/kvm/kvm-cpu.c
> index d95028018e..c60cb2dafb 100644
> --- a/target/i386/kvm/kvm-cpu.c
> +++ b/target/i386/kvm/kvm-cpu.c
> @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ static void kvm_cpu_instance_init(CPUState *cs)
>          /* only applies to builtin_x86_defs cpus */
>          if (!kvm_irqchip_in_kernel()) {
>              x86_cpu_change_kvm_default("x2apic", "off");
> -        } else if (kvm_irqchip_is_split() && kvm_enable_x2apic()) {
> +        } else if (kvm_irqchip_is_split()) {
>              x86_cpu_change_kvm_default("kvm-msi-ext-dest-id", "on");
>          }
>  
> -- 
> 2.33.1