RE: [PATCH v3 2/4] x86, apicv: add APICv register virtualization support

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Marcelo Tosatti wrote on 2012-12-05:
> On Mon, Dec 03, 2012 at 03:01:02PM +0800, Yang Zhang wrote:
>> - APIC read doesn't cause VM-Exit
>> - APIC write becomes trap-like
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Yang Zhang <yang.z.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h |    2 ++ arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c       |   16
>>  ++++++++++++++++ arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h       |    2 ++
>>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c         |   32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 4
>>  files changed, 51 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
>> index 36ec21c..21101b6 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
>> @@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
>>  #define EXIT_REASON_EPT_MISCONFIG       49 #define EXIT_REASON_WBINVD 
>>              54 #define EXIT_REASON_XSETBV              55 +#define
>>  EXIT_REASON_APIC_WRITE          56 #define EXIT_REASON_INVPCID        
>>      58
>>  
>>  #define VMX_EXIT_REASONS \ @@ -141,6 +142,7 @@ #define
>>  SECONDARY_EXEC_ENABLE_VPID              0x00000020 #define
>>  SECONDARY_EXEC_WBINVD_EXITING		0x00000040 #define
>>  SECONDARY_EXEC_UNRESTRICTED_GUEST	0x00000080 +#define
>>  SECONDARY_EXEC_APIC_REGISTER_VIRT       0x00000100 #define
>>  SECONDARY_EXEC_PAUSE_LOOP_EXITING	0x00000400 #define
>>  SECONDARY_EXEC_ENABLE_INVPCID		0x00001000
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
>> index 9392f52..7c96012 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
>> @@ -1212,6 +1212,22 @@ void kvm_lapic_set_eoi(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>  }
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_lapic_set_eoi);
>> +/* emulate APIC access in a trap manner */
>> +int kvm_apic_write_nodecode(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 offset)
>> +{
>> +	u32 val = 0;
>> +
>> +	/* hw has done the conditional check and inst decode */
>> +	offset &= 0xff0;
>> +	if ((offset != APIC_EOI) &&
>> +	     apic_reg_read(vcpu->arch.apic, offset, 4, &val))
>> +		return 1;
> 
> What is apic_reg_read doing? None of the checks it performs that can
> result in return value of 1 are necessary for APIC-write VM-exit AFAICS.
Right. We should remove this check.


>> @@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ module_param(vmm_exclusive, bool, S_IRUGO);
>>  static bool __read_mostly fasteoi = 1;
>>  module_param(fasteoi, bool, S_IRUGO);
>> +static bool __read_mostly enable_apicv_reg;
>> +module_param(enable_apicv_reg, bool, S_IRUGO);
>> +
> 
> Are the different combinations of register virtualization / virtual
> interrupt delivery actually supported?
Yes.

> Why would it be useful to enable register virtualization / virtual
> interrupt delivery separately?
It's ok to use one option: enable_apicv.

>>  /*
>>   * If nested=1, nested virtualization is supported, i.e., guests may use
>>   * VMX and be a hypervisor for its own guests. If nested=0, guests may not
>> @@ -761,6 +764,12 @@ static inline bool
> cpu_has_vmx_virtualize_apic_accesses(void)
>>  		SECONDARY_EXEC_VIRTUALIZE_APIC_ACCESSES;
>>  }
>> +static inline bool cpu_has_vmx_apic_register_virt(void)
>> +{
>> +	return vmcs_config.cpu_based_2nd_exec_ctrl &
>> +		SECONDARY_EXEC_APIC_REGISTER_VIRT;
>> +}
>> +
>>  static inline bool cpu_has_vmx_flexpriority(void)
>>  {
>>  	return cpu_has_vmx_tpr_shadow() &&
>> @@ -2498,7 +2507,8 @@ static __init int setup_vmcs_config(struct
> vmcs_config *vmcs_conf)
>>  			SECONDARY_EXEC_UNRESTRICTED_GUEST |
>>  			SECONDARY_EXEC_PAUSE_LOOP_EXITING |
>>  			SECONDARY_EXEC_RDTSCP |
>> -			SECONDARY_EXEC_ENABLE_INVPCID;
>> +			SECONDARY_EXEC_ENABLE_INVPCID |
>> +			SECONDARY_EXEC_APIC_REGISTER_VIRT;
>>  		if (adjust_vmx_controls(min2, opt2,
>>  					MSR_IA32_VMX_PROCBASED_CTLS2,
>>  					&_cpu_based_2nd_exec_control) < 0)
>> @@ -2509,6 +2519,11 @@ static __init int setup_vmcs_config(struct
> vmcs_config *vmcs_conf)
>>  				SECONDARY_EXEC_VIRTUALIZE_APIC_ACCESSES))
>>  		_cpu_based_exec_control &= ~CPU_BASED_TPR_SHADOW;
>>  #endif
>> +
>> +	if (!(_cpu_based_exec_control & CPU_BASED_TPR_SHADOW))
>> +		_cpu_based_2nd_exec_control &= ~(
>> +				SECONDARY_EXEC_APIC_REGISTER_VIRT);
>> +
>>  	if (_cpu_based_2nd_exec_control & SECONDARY_EXEC_ENABLE_EPT) { 		/*
>>  CR3 accesses and invlpg don't need to cause VM Exits when EPT 		  
>>  enabled */ @@ -2706,6 +2721,9 @@ static __init int
>>  hardware_setup(void) 	if (!cpu_has_vmx_ple()) 		ple_gap = 0;
>> +	if (!cpu_has_vmx_apic_register_virt())
>> +		enable_apicv_reg = 0;
>> +
>>  	if (nested)
>>  		nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs();
>> @@ -3819,6 +3837,8 @@ static u32 vmx_secondary_exec_control(struct
> vcpu_vmx *vmx)
>>  		exec_control &= ~SECONDARY_EXEC_UNRESTRICTED_GUEST;
>>  	if (!ple_gap)
>>  		exec_control &= ~SECONDARY_EXEC_PAUSE_LOOP_EXITING;
>> +	if (!enable_apicv_reg)
>> +		exec_control &= ~SECONDARY_EXEC_APIC_REGISTER_VIRT;
>>  	return exec_control;
>>  }
>> @@ -4786,6 +4806,15 @@ static int handle_apic_access(struct kvm_vcpu
> *vcpu)
>>  	return emulate_instruction(vcpu, 0) == EMULATE_DONE;
>>  }
>> +static int handle_apic_write(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>> +{
>> +	unsigned long exit_qualification = vmcs_readl(EXIT_QUALIFICATION);
>> +	u32 offset = exit_qualification & 0xfff;
>> +
>> +	/* APIC-write VM exit is trap-like and thus no need to adjust IP */
>> +	return kvm_apic_write_nodecode(vcpu, offset) == 0;
>> +}
> 
> Point of return value == 0?
if kvm_apic_write_nodecode() handle successfully, it will return zero. Then it will return 1 for this vmexit handle.
What's wrong?

Best regards,
Yang


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