Re: [PATCH v2 11/13] KVM: x86: add KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API

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On 11/07/2016 08:06, Yang Zhang wrote:
>> Changes to MSI addresses follow the format used by interrupt remapping
>> unit.
>> The upper address word, that used to be 0, contains upper 24 bits of
>> the LAPIC
>> address in its upper 24 bits.  Lower 8 bits are reserved as 0.
>> Using the upper address word is not backward-compatible either as we
>> didn't
>> check that userspace zeroed the word.  Reserved bits are still not
>> explicitly
> 
> Does this means we cannot migrate the VM from KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API enabled
> host to the disable host even VM doesn't have more than 255 VCPUs?

Yes, but that's why KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API is enabled manually.  The idea is
that QEMU will not use KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API except on the newest machine type.

If interrupt remapping is on, KVM_CAP_X2APIC_API is needed even with 8
VCPUs, I think.  Otherwise KVM will believe that 0xff is "broadcast"
rather than "cluster 0, CPUs 0-7".

Paolo
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