KVM_IRQCHIP_KERNEL implies a fully inititalized ioapic, while kvm->arch.vioapic might temporarily be set but invalidated again if e.g. setting of default routing fails when setting KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.h | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.h b/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.h index 1cc6e54..d88e4b9 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.h +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.h @@ -112,10 +112,11 @@ static inline struct kvm_ioapic *ioapic_irqchip(struct kvm *kvm) static inline int ioapic_in_kernel(struct kvm *kvm) { - int ret; + int mode = kvm->arch.irqchip_mode; - ret = (ioapic_irqchip(kvm) != NULL); - return ret; + /* Matches smp_wmb() when setting irqchip_mode */ + smp_rmb(); + return mode == KVM_IRQCHIP_KERNEL; } void kvm_rtc_eoi_tracking_restore_one(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu); -- 2.9.3