Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: LAPIC: write 0 to TMICT should also cancel vmx-preemption timer

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On Fri, 4 Jun 2021 at 07:02, David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 2:04 AM Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > According to the SDM 10.5.4.1:
> >
> >   A write of 0 to the initial-count register effectively stops the local
> >   APIC timer, in both one-shot and periodic mode.
>
> If KVM is not correctly emulating this behavior then could you also
> add a kvm-unit-test to test for the correct behavior?

A simple test here, the test will hang after the patch since it will
not receive the spurious interrupt any more.

diff --git a/x86/apic.c b/x86/apic.c
index a7681fe..947d018 100644
--- a/x86/apic.c
+++ b/x86/apic.c
@@ -488,6 +488,14 @@ static void test_apic_timer_one_shot(void)
      */
     report((lvtt_counter == 1) && (tsc2 - tsc1 >= interval),
            "APIC LVT timer one shot");
+
+    lvtt_counter = 0;
+    apic_write(APIC_TMICT, interval);
+    apic_write(APIC_TMICT, 0);
+    while (!lvtt_counter);
+
+    report((lvtt_counter == 1),
+          "APIC LVT timer one shot spurious interrupt");
 }



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