Re: [PATCH 02/12] kvm/svm: add helper functions for global interrupt flag

[Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>]

On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 03:15:11PM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote:
> Joerg Roedel wrote:
> > Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <joerg.roedel@amd.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kvm/svm.c |   31 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> >  1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> > index 27d26c3..9f69b25 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
> > @@ -136,6 +136,21 @@ static inline bool is_nested(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
> >  	return svm->nested_vmcb;
> >  }
> >  
> > +static inline void enable_gif(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
> > +{
> > +	svm->vcpu.arch.hflags |= HF_GIF_MASK;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline void disable_gif(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
> > +{
> > +	svm->vcpu.arch.hflags &= ~HF_GIF_MASK;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline bool gif_set(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
> > +{
> > +	return !!(svm->vcpu.arch.hflags & HF_GIF_MASK);
> > +}
> > +
> >  static unsigned long iopm_base;
> >  
> >  struct kvm_ldttss_desc {
> > @@ -630,7 +645,7 @@ static void init_vmcb(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
> >  	force_new_asid(&svm->vcpu);
> >  
> >  	svm->nested_vmcb = 0;
> > -	svm->vcpu.arch.hflags = HF_GIF_MASK;
> > +	enable_gif(svm);
> >   
> 
> Are we sure hflags is always 0 here?

Hmm, yes. Except for the vcpu reset path clear_page is called for before
init_vmcb is called. I'll change it to set hflags to 0 in this function.

	Joerg