From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] KVM: x86: make several AVIC callbacks optional
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2022 17:37:40 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Yg/ZZMAz7XZ6wn/u@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <eff2543a-10ab-611a-28e2-18999d21ddd8@redhat.com>
On Fri, Feb 18, 2022, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 2/18/22 17:23, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > The "AVIC" callbacks are being deleted, not
> > made optional, it's kvm_x86_ops' APICv hooks that are becoming optional.
>
> Maybe "make several APIC virtualization callbacks optional".
Works for me.
> > > +KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL(apicv_post_state_restore)
> >
> > apicv_post_state_restore() isn't conditional, it's implemented and wired up
> > unconditionally by both VMX and SVM.
>
> True, on the other hand there's no reason why a hypothetical third vendor
> would have to support it. The call is conditional to apicv_active being
> true.
Ah, right, even if the the static_call_cond() is unnecessary because we want to
make the hook mandatory if APICv is supported, APICv itself may not be supported.
With the new shortlog,
Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-02-18 17:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-02-17 18:08 [PATCH v3 0/6] kvm: x86: better handling of optional kvm_x86_ops Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-17 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] KVM: x86: return 1 unconditionally for availability of KVM_CAP_VAPIC Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-18 15:44 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-23 13:21 ` Maxim Levitsky
2022-02-17 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] KVM: x86: use static_call_cond for optional callbacks Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-18 15:46 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-17 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] KVM: x86: remove KVM_X86_OP_NULL and mark optional kvm_x86_ops Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-18 15:52 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-17 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] KVM: x86: warn on incorrectly NULL members of kvm_x86_ops Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-18 16:18 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-17 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] KVM: x86: make several AVIC callbacks optional Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-18 16:23 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-18 17:17 ` Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-18 17:37 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2022-02-18 17:41 ` Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-17 18:08 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] KVM: x86: allow defining return-0 static calls Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-18 16:29 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-02-18 17:20 ` Paolo Bonzini
2022-02-18 17:33 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-03-17 17:43 ` Maxim Levitsky
2022-03-17 22:30 ` David Laight
2022-03-18 16:29 ` Paolo Bonzini
2022-03-18 17:28 ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-03-18 17:47 ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-03-18 18:02 ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-03-18 23:03 ` David Laight
2022-03-20 13:58 ` Maxim Levitsky
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