Re: [RFC PATCH 6/6] x86/x2apic-savic: Not set APIC backing page if Secure AVIC is not enabled.

[Tianyu Lan <ltykernel@gmail.com>]

On Wed, May 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM Neeraj Upadhyay <Neeraj.Upadhyay@amd.com> wrote:
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> On 5/6/2025 6:37 PM, Tianyu Lan wrote:
> > From: Tianyu Lan <tiala@microsoft.com>
> >
> > When Secure AVIC is not enabled, init_apic_page()
> > should return directly.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tianyu Lan <tiala@microsoft.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_savic.c | 3 +++
> >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_savic.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_savic.c
> > index 0dd7e39931b0..fb09c0f9e276 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_savic.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/x2apic_savic.c
> > @@ -333,6 +333,9 @@ static void init_apic_page(void)
> >  {
> >       u32 apic_id;
> >
> > +     if (!cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_SNP_SECURE_AVIC))
> > +             return;
> > +
> >       /*
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> Why is this change needed? init_apic_page() is only called from Secure AVIC driver's
> setup() callback. savic_probe() already does this check. So, if this check fails during
> savic_probe(), Secure AVIC apic driver won't be selected as apic driver and it's setup
> callback will never get invoked.
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>
Hi Neeraj:
       Thanks for your review. Agree. Will remove it.


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Thanks
Tianyu Lan