Re: [RFC 05/14] x86/apic: Initialize APIC ID for Secure AVIC

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On 11/10/2024 10:04 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 10, 2024 at 08:52:03PM +0530, Neeraj Upadhyay wrote:
>> If I get your point, unless a corrective action is possible without
>> hard reboot of the guest, doing a snp_abort() on detecting mismatch works better
>> here. That way, the issue can be caught early, and it does not disrupt the running
>> applications on a limping guest (which happens for the case where we only emit
>> a warning). So, thinking more, snp_abort() looks more apt here.
> 
> Well, sometimes you have no influence on the HV (public cloud, for example).
> 

I see. Ok.

> So WARN_ONCE was on the right track but the error message should be more
> user-friendly:
> 
> 	WARN_ONCE(hv_apic_id != apic_id, 
> 		  "APIC IDs mismatch: %d (HV: %d). IPI handling will suffer!",
> 		  apic_id, hv_apic_id);
> 

Ok sure, I will update it.


- Neeraj




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