Re: [PATCH] KVM: SVM: allocate AVIC data structures based on kvm_amd moduleparameter

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

On 25/02/20 14:45, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
>>  	int ret;
>> +	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = &svm->vcpu;
>>  
>> -	if (!kvm_vcpu_apicv_active(&svm->vcpu))
>> +	if (!avic || !irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm))
>>  		return 0;
>>  
>>  	ret = avic_init_backing_page(&svm->vcpu);
> Out of pure curiosity,
> 
> when irqchip_in_kernel() is false, can we still get to .update_pi_irte()
> (svm_update_pi_irte()) -> get_pi_vcpu_info() -> "vcpu_info->pi_desc_addr
> = __sme_set(page_to_phys((*svm)->avic_backing_page));" -> crash! or is
> there anything which make this impossible?

No, because kvm_arch_irqfd_allowed returns false so you cannot create
any irqfd (svm_update_pi_irte is called when virt/lib/irqbypass.c finds
a match between two eventfds in KVM and VFIO).

Paolo