Apparently on some systems AVIC is disabled in CPUID but still usable. Allow the user to override the CPUID if the user is willing to take the risk. Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c index dde0106ffc47..6fbce42b9776 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c @@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ module_param(tsc_scaling, int, 0444); static bool avic; module_param(avic, bool, 0444); +static bool force_avic; +module_param_unsafe(force_avic, bool, 0444); + bool __read_mostly dump_invalid_vmcb; module_param(dump_invalid_vmcb, bool, 0644); @@ -1058,10 +1061,14 @@ static __init int svm_hardware_setup(void) nrips = false; } - enable_apicv = avic = avic && npt_enabled && boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AVIC); + enable_apicv = avic = avic && npt_enabled && (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AVIC) || force_avic); if (enable_apicv) { - pr_info("AVIC enabled\n"); + if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AVIC)) { + pr_warn("AVIC is not supported in CPUID but force enabled"); + pr_warn("Your system might crash and burn"); + } else + pr_info("AVIC enabled\n"); amd_iommu_register_ga_log_notifier(&avic_ga_log_notifier); } -- 2.26.3