On Thu, 2021-11-18 at 12:11 +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > On 11/18/21 10:56, Maxim Levitsky wrote: > > vmx_sync_pir_to_irr has 'if (KVM_BUG_ON(!vcpu->arch.apicv_active, > > vcpu->kvm))' That has to be removed I think for this to work. > > Good point. > > > Plus the above calls now can happen when APICv is fully disabled (and > > not just inhibited), which is also something that I think that > > vmx_sync_pir_to_irr should be fixed to be aware of. > > No, that works because sync_pir_to_irr is set to NULL as you point out > below. static_call sites are updated right after ops->hardware_setup(), > in kvm_arch_hardware_setup. I understand now. Thanks! Best regards, Maxim Levitsky > > Paolo > > > Also note that VMX has code that sets vmx_x86_ops.sync_pir_to_irr to > > NULL in its 'hardware_setup' if APICv is disabled. I wonder if that > > done befor or after the static_call_cond sites are updated. > > > > I think that this code should be removed as well, and > > vmx_sync_pir_to_irr should just do nothing when APICv is fully > > disabled.