Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH] x86: nVMX: fix EPT A/D disabled MMIO access test

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Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 08/10/2018 17:04, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
>> When testing MMIO interface to APIC we need to make sure that APIC is in
>> xAPIC mode (and not x2APIC). KVM started enforcing this since commit
>> d1766202779e ("x86/kvm/lapic: always disable MMIO interface in x2APIC
>> mode").
>> 
>> While the 'clean' fix would be to separate L2's APIC from L1's and put
>> it to xAPIC mode or create a different MMIO mapping just for the test
>> we lack the required infrastructure in vmx library. As a quick band-aid
>> put L1's APIC to xAPIC mode for both EPT A/D enabled and disabled tests,
>> it seems we don't require x2APIC for anything.
>> 
>> Reported-by: kernel test robot <rong.a.chen@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  x86/vmx_tests.c | 2 ++
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/x86/vmx_tests.c b/x86/vmx_tests.c
>> index b105b23..cc5192f 100644
>> --- a/x86/vmx_tests.c
>> +++ b/x86/vmx_tests.c
>> @@ -1094,6 +1094,8 @@ static int ept_init_common(bool have_ad)
>>  	install_ept(pml4, (unsigned long)data_page1, (unsigned long)data_page2,
>>  			EPT_RA | EPT_WA | EPT_EA);
>>  
>> +	reset_apic();
>> +
>>  	apic_version = apic_read(APIC_LVR);
>>  
>>  	ret = pci_find_dev(PCI_VENDOR_ID_REDHAT, PCI_DEVICE_ID_REDHAT_TEST);
>> 
>
> Queued, thanks.

Out of pure curiosity, what happened to it after it was queued? :-)

-- 
Vitaly



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