Re: [PATCH] x86: kvm: reset the bootstrap processor when it gets an INIT

Jan Kiszka
2013-03-11T14:10:45Z

On 2013-03-11 15:09, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 03:06:18PM +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> On 2013-03-11 15:05, Gleb Natapov wrote:
>>> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 03:01:40PM +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>>>>> We are not moving away from mp_state, we are moving away from using
>>>>> mp_state for signaling because with nested virt INIT does not always
>>>>> change mp_state, not only that it can change mp_state long after signal
>>>>> is received after vmx off is done.
>>>>
>>>> Right.
>>>>
>>>> BTW, for that to happen, we will also need to influence the INIT level.
>>>> Unless I misread the spec, INIT is blocked while in root mode, and if
>>>> you deassert INIT before leaving root (vmxoff, vmenter), nothing
>>>> actually happens. So what matters is the INIT signal level at the exit
>>>> of root mode.
>>>>
>>> You are talking about INIT# signal received via CPU pin, right? I think
>>> INIT send by IPI cannot go away.
>>
>> Why shouldn't it? Besides edge, there is also level-triggered INIT.
>>
> OK, so level-triggered INIT can be de-asserted what about edge triggered
> one? :)

It should be lost while in root mode.

Jan

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