Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH] x86: Set "APIC Software Enable" after APIC reset

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> On May 10, 2019, at 4:37 PM, Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On 05/02/2019 07:08 AM, nadav.amit@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> From: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@xxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> After the APIC is reset, some of its registers might be reset. As the
>> SDM says: "When IA32_APIC_BASE[11] is set to 0, prior initialization to
>> the APIC may be lost and the APIC may return to the state described in
>> Section 10.4.7.1". The SDM also says that after APIC reset "the
>> spurious-interrupt vector register is initialized to 000000FFH". This
>> means that after the APIC is reset it needs to be software-enabled
>> through the SPIV.
>> 
>> This is done one occasion, but there are (at least) two occasions that
>> do not software-enable the APIC after reset (__test_apic_id() and main()
>> in vmx.c).
>> 
>> Move APIC SPIV reinitialization into reset_apic(). Remove SPIV settings
>> which are unnecessary after reset_apic() is modified.
>> 
>> Cc: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  lib/x86/apic.c | 1 +
>>  x86/apic.c     | 1 -
>>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/lib/x86/apic.c b/lib/x86/apic.c
>> index 2aeffbd..4e7d43c 100644
>> --- a/lib/x86/apic.c
>> +++ b/lib/x86/apic.c
>> @@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ void reset_apic(void)
>>  {
>>      disable_apic();
>>      wrmsr(MSR_IA32_APICBASE, rdmsr(MSR_IA32_APICBASE) | APIC_EN);
>> +    apic_write(APIC_SPIV, 0x1ff);
>>  }
>>    u32 ioapic_read_reg(unsigned reg)
>> diff --git a/x86/apic.c b/x86/apic.c
>> index 3eff588..7ef4a27 100644
>> --- a/x86/apic.c
>> +++ b/x86/apic.c
>> @@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ static void test_apic_disable(void)
>>      verify_disabled_apic_mmio();
>>        reset_apic();
>> -    apic_write(APIC_SPIV, 0x1ff);
>>      report("Local apic enabled in xAPIC mode",
>>  	   (rdmsr(MSR_IA32_APICBASE) & (APIC_EN | APIC_EXTD)) == APIC_EN);
>>      report("CPUID.1H:EDX.APIC[bit 9] is set", cpuid(1).d & (1 << 9));
> 
> While you are at it, would you mind replacing "0xf0" with APIC_SPIV in enable_apic() also ?
> 
> Reviewed-by: Krish Sadhukhan <krish.sadhukhan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Will do. Thanks.





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