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From: Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@amd.com>
Subject: Re: [PART1 RFC v3 11/12] svm: Do not intercept CR8 when enable AVIC
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 19:15:21 +0700
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Hi Radim,

On 3/19/16 04:10, Radim Kr=C4=8Dm=C3=A1=C5=99 wrote:
> 2016-03-18 01:09-0500, Suravee Suthikulpanit:
>> When enable AVIC:
>>      * Do not intercept CR8 since this should be handled by AVIC HW.
>>      * Also update TPR in APIC backing page when syncing CR8 before =
VMRUN
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@amd.com>
>> ---
>>   arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 15 +++++++++++----
>>   1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
>> index ba84d57..d5418c3 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
>> @@ -984,6 +984,8 @@ static __init int svm_hardware_setup(void)
>>
>>   	if (avic) {
>>   		printk(KERN_INFO "kvm: AVIC enabled\n");
>> +
>> +		svm_x86_ops.update_cr8_intercept =3D NULL;
>
> This doesn't look right.

Actually, I don't think this change isn't necessary since we don't even=
=20
call kvm_x86_ops->update_cr8_intercept() if vcpu->arch.apicv_active (Se=
e=20
arch/x86/kvm/x86.c: update_cr8_intercept()).

> [....]
>> @@ -4080,7 +4083,8 @@ static void update_cr8_intercept(struct kvm_vc=
pu *vcpu, int tpr, int irr)
>>   {
>>   	struct vcpu_svm *svm =3D to_svm(vcpu);
>>
>> -	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))
>>   		return;
>>
>>   	clr_cr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_CR8_WRITE);
>> @@ -4271,9 +4275,12 @@ static inline void sync_lapic_to_cr8(struct k=
vm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>   	if (is_guest_mode(vcpu) && (vcpu->arch.hflags & HF_VINTR_MASK))
>>   		return;
>
> I think we can exit early with svm_vcpu_avic_enabled().

Right.

>
>>
>> -	cr8 =3D kvm_get_cr8(vcpu);
>> +	cr8 =3D kvm_get_cr8(vcpu) & V_TPR_MASK;
>>   	svm->vmcb->control.int_ctl &=3D ~V_TPR_MASK;
>> -	svm->vmcb->control.int_ctl |=3D cr8 & V_TPR_MASK;
>> +	svm->vmcb->control.int_ctl |=3D cr8;
>> +
>> +	if (svm_vcpu_avic_enabled(svm))
>> +		kvm_lapic_set_reg(svm->vcpu.arch.apic, APIC_TASKPRI, (u32)cr8 << =
4);
>
> kvm_get_cr8() =3D=3D kvm_lapic_get_reg(APIC_TASKPRI) >> 4.

Good point. I'll clean up and simplify this function.

Thanks,
Suravee