2022-01-22 00:27:06

by Boris Ostrovsky

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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] xen/x2apic: enable x2apic mode when supported



On 1/20/22 10:25 AM, Roger Pau Monne wrote:
> There's no point in disabling x2APIC mode when running as a Xen HVM
> guest, just enable it when available.
>
> Signed-off-by: Roger Pau MonnĂ© <[email protected]>
> ---
> Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <[email protected]>
> Cc: Juergen Gross <[email protected]>
> Cc: Stefano Stabellini <[email protected]>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <[email protected]>
> Cc: [email protected]
> ---
> arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c | 3 ++-
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
> index 42300941ec29..ab8171cbee23 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
> #include <xen/events.h>
> #include <xen/interface/memory.h>
>
> +#include <asm/apic.h>
> #include <asm/cpu.h>
> #include <asm/smp.h>
> #include <asm/io_apic.h>
> @@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ bool __init xen_hvm_need_lapic(void)
> return false;
> if (!xen_hvm_domain())
> return false;
> - if (xen_feature(XENFEAT_hvm_pirqs) && xen_have_vector_callback)
> + if (!x2apic_supported())
> return false;
> return true;
> }


Then it seems this whole routine can be reduced to just

return x2apic_supported();

and then dropped altogether and x2apic_supported() moved to xen_x2apic_para_available(). Domain type checks here are not really needed since this can only be called on HVM guests.


-boris