[1/7] KVM: x86: document AVIC/APICv inhibit reasons

Commit Message

Maxim Levitsky June 6, 2022, 6:08 p.m. UTC

These days there are too many AVIC/APICv inhibit
reasons, and it doesn't hurt to have some documentation
for them.

Signed-off-by: Maxim Levitsky <[e-mail]>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Patch

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 6cf5d77d78969..d7fb3ade44501 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1065,14 +1065,69 @@  struct kvm_x86_msr_filter {
 };
 
 enum kvm_apicv_inhibit {
+
+	/********************************************************************/
+	/* INHIBITs that are relevant to both Intel's APICv and AMD's AVIC. */
+	/********************************************************************/
+
+	/*
+	 * APIC acceleration is disabled by a module parameter
+	 * and/or not supported in hardware.
+	 */
 	APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_DISABLE,
+
+	/*
+	 * APIC acceleration is inhibited because AutoEOI feature is
+	 * being used by a HyperV guest.
+	 */
 	APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_HYPERV,
+
+	/*
+	 * APIC acceleration is inhibited because the userspace didn't yet
+	 * enable the kernel/split irqchip.
+	 */
+	APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_ABSENT,
+
+	/* APIC acceleration is inhibited because KVM_GUESTDBG_BLOCKIRQ
+	 * (out of band, debug measure of blocking all interrupts on this vCPU)
+	 * was enabled, to avoid AVIC/APICv bypassing it.
+	 */
+	APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_BLOCKIRQ,
+
+	/******************************************************/
+	/* INHIBITs that are relevant only to the AMD's AVIC. */
+	/******************************************************/
+
+	/*
+	 * AVIC is inhibited on a vCPU because it runs a nested guest.
+	 *
+	 * This is needed because unlike APICv, the peers of this vCPU
+	 * cannot use the doorbell mechanism to signal interrupts via AVIC when
+	 * a vCPU runs nested.
+	 */
 	APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_NESTED,
+
+	/*
+	 * On SVM, the wait for the IRQ window is implemented with pending vIRQ,
+	 * which cannot be injected when the AVIC is enabled, thus AVIC
+	 * is inhibited while KVM waits for IRQ window.
+	 */
 	APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_IRQWIN,
+
+	/*
+	 * PIT (i8254) 're-inject' mode, relies on EOI intercept,
+	 * which AVIC doesn't support for edge triggered interrupts.
+	 */
 	APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_PIT_REINJ,
+
+	/*
+	 * AVIC is inhibited because the guest has x2apic in its CPUID.
+	 */
 	APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_X2APIC,
-	APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_BLOCKIRQ,
-	APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_ABSENT,
+
+	/*
+	 * AVIC is disabled because SEV doesn't support it.
+	 */
 	APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_SEV,
 };