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x86: Set "APIC Software Enable" after APIC reset

PATCH Applied Nadav Amit 2 participants 2 messages May 18, 2019 – May 20, 2019 KVM

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PATCH v2 1/1 x86: Set "APIC Software Enable" after APIC reset

After the APIC is reset, some of its registers might be reset. As the SDM says: "When IA32_APIC_BASE[11] is set to 0, prior initialization to the APIC may be lost and the APIC may return to the state described in Section 10.4.7.1". The SDM also says that after APIC reset "the spurious-interrupt vector register is initialized to 000000FFH". This means that after the APIC is reset it needs to be software-enabled through the SPIV.

This is done one occasion, but there are other occasions that do not software-enable the APIC after reset (e.g., __test_apic_id() and main() in vmx.c). Reenable software-enable APIC in these cases.

---

v1->v2: Change 0xf0 to APIC_SPIV in one occasion [Krish]

---
 lib/x86/apic.c | 3 ++-
 x86/apic.c     | 1 -
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
lib/x86/apic.c +2 -1
index 2aeffbd..d4528bd 100644
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ void reset_apic(void)
 {
     disable_apic();
     wrmsr(MSR_IA32_APICBASE, rdmsr(MSR_IA32_APICBASE) | APIC_EN);
+    apic_write(APIC_SPIV, 0x1ff);
 }
 
 u32 ioapic_read_reg(unsigned reg)
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ void set_irq_line(unsigned line, int val)
 void enable_apic(void)
 {
     printf("enabling apic\n");
-    xapic_write(0xf0, 0x1ff); /* spurious vector register */
+    xapic_write(APIC_SPIV, 0x1ff);
 }
 
 void mask_pic_interrupts(void)
x86/apic.c +0 -1
index 3eff588..7ef4a27 100644
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ static void test_apic_disable(void)
     verify_disabled_apic_mmio();
 
     reset_apic();
-    apic_write(APIC_SPIV, 0x1ff);
     report("Local apic enabled in xAPIC mode",
 	   (rdmsr(MSR_IA32_APICBASE) & (APIC_EN | APIC_EXTD)) == APIC_EN);
     report("CPUID.1H:EDX.APIC[bit 9] is set", cpuid(1).d & (1 << 9));
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Quoted 51 lines · Nadav Amit

After the APIC is reset, some of its registers might be reset. As the SDM says: "When IA32_APIC_BASE[11] is set to 0, prior initialization to the APIC may be lost and the APIC may return to the state described in Section 10.4.7.1". The SDM also says that after APIC reset "the spurious-interrupt vector register is initialized to 000000FFH". This means that after the APIC is reset it needs to be software-enabled through the SPIV.

This is done one occasion, but there are other occasions that do not software-enable the APIC after reset (e.g., __test_apic_id() and main() in vmx.c). Reenable software-enable APIC in these cases.

---

v1->v2: Change 0xf0 to APIC_SPIV in one occasion [Krish]

---
 lib/x86/apic.c | 3 ++-
 x86/apic.c     | 1 -
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
lib/x86/apic.c +2 -1
index 2aeffbd..d4528bd 100644
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ void reset_apic(void)
 {
     disable_apic();
     wrmsr(MSR_IA32_APICBASE, rdmsr(MSR_IA32_APICBASE) | APIC_EN);
+    apic_write(APIC_SPIV, 0x1ff);
 }
 
 u32 ioapic_read_reg(unsigned reg)
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ void set_irq_line(unsigned line, int val)
 void enable_apic(void)
 {
     printf("enabling apic\n");
-    xapic_write(0xf0, 0x1ff); /* spurious vector register */
+    xapic_write(APIC_SPIV, 0x1ff);
 }
 
 void mask_pic_interrupts(void)
x86/apic.c +0 -0
index 3eff588..7ef4a27 100644

x86/apic.c static void test_apic_disable(void) · line 153

Quoted 7 lines
x86/apic.c +0 -1
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ static void test_apic_disable(void)
     verify_disabled_apic_mmio();
 
     reset_apic();
-    apic_write(APIC_SPIV, 0x1ff);
     report("Local apic enabled in xAPIC mode",
 	   (rdmsr(MSR_IA32_APICBASE) & (APIC_EN | APIC_EXTD)) == APIC_EN);
     report("CPUID.1H:EDX.APIC[bit 9] is set", cpuid(1).d & (1 << 9));

Queued, thanks.

Paolo