KVM: x86: SVM: allow to force AVIC to be enabled
authorMaxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
Tue, 1 Mar 2022 14:36:49 +0000 (16:36 +0200)
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Sat, 2 Apr 2022 09:41:11 +0000 (05:41 -0400)
Apparently on some systems AVIC is disabled in CPUID but still usable.

Allow the user to override the CPUID if the user is willing to
take the risk.

Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20220301143650.143749-7-mlevitsk@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c

index af17061..f1cb8e9 100644 (file)
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ module_param(tsc_scaling, int, 0444);
 static bool avic;
 module_param(avic, bool, 0444);
 
+static bool force_avic;
+module_param_unsafe(force_avic, bool, 0444);
+
 bool __read_mostly dump_invalid_vmcb;
 module_param(dump_invalid_vmcb, bool, 0644);
 
@@ -4813,10 +4816,14 @@ static __init int svm_hardware_setup(void)
                        nrips = false;
        }
 
-       enable_apicv = avic = avic && npt_enabled && boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AVIC);
+       enable_apicv = avic = avic && npt_enabled && (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AVIC) || force_avic);
 
        if (enable_apicv) {
-               pr_info("AVIC enabled\n");
+               if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AVIC)) {
+                       pr_warn("AVIC is not supported in CPUID but force enabled");
+                       pr_warn("Your system might crash and burn");
+               } else
+                       pr_info("AVIC enabled\n");
 
                amd_iommu_register_ga_log_notifier(&avic_ga_log_notifier);
        } else {