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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: x86: allow BSP to handle INIT IPIs like APs do
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On 08/02/2016 17:33, Bruce Rogers wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> KVM_MP_STATE_INIT_RECEIVED is what Intel calls the "wait for SIPI"
>>> >> state. The BSP never gets a SIPI, it goes straight to 0xFFFFFFF0
>>> >> instead. Can you explain the problem more in detail?
>> >
>> > I suspect this is about sending INIT-SIPI from another CPU, directed to
>> > the BSP, isn't it? We may have to differentiate between CPU (including
>> > system) reset and that IPI case.
> That is correct. In looking over the KVM code which deals with BSP, this was
> the only place which seemed wrong to me wrt special casing for BSP outside the
> context of initial system initialization / reset. As far as I understand the
> BSP shouldn't be treated differently in this case.

See 8.4.2 of the SDM:

If the MP protocol has completed and a BSP is chosen, subsequent INITs
(either to a specific processor or system wide) do not cause the MP
protocol to be repeated. Instead, each logical processor examines its
BSP flag (in the IA32_APIC_BASE MSR) to determine whether it should
execute the BIOS boot-strap code (if it is the BSP) or enter a
wait-for-SIPI state (if it is an AP).

So it is correct to treat the BSP differently here, I think.

Paolo

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