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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 02/19] KVM: x86: inhibit APICv/AVIC when the
 guest and/or host changes apic id/base from the defaults.
From:   Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
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Date:   Wed, 18 May 2022 20:15:06 +0300
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On Wed, 2022-05-18 at 15:39 +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Wed, May 18, 2022, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> > On Wed, 2022-05-18 at 16:28 +0800, Chao Gao wrote:
> > > > struct kvm_arch {
> > > > @@ -1258,6 +1260,7 @@ struct kvm_arch {
> > > > 	hpa_t	hv_root_tdp;
> > > > 	spinlock_t hv_root_tdp_lock;
> > > > #endif
> > > > +	bool apic_id_changed;
> > > 
> > > What's the value of this boolean? No one reads it.
> > 
> > I use it in later patches to kill the guest during nested VM entry 
> > if it attempts to use nested AVIC after any vCPU changed APIC ID.
> 
> Then the flag should be introduced in the later patch, because (a) it's dead code
> if that patch is never merged and (b) it's impossible to review this patch for
> correctness without seeing the usage, e.g. setting apic_id_changed isn't guarded
> with a lock and so the usage may or may not be susceptible to races.

I can't disagree with you on this, this was just somewhat a hack I wasn't sure
(and not yet 100% sure I will move forward with) so I cut this corner.

Thanks for the review!

Best regards,
	Maxim Levitsky

> 
> > > > +	apic->vcpu->kvm->arch.apic_id_changed = true;
> > > > +}
> > > > +