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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 4/4] KVM: LAPIC: Don't silently accept bad vectors
2017-10-04 22:44 GMT+08:00 Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>:
> 2017-10-04 22:16+0800, Wanpeng Li:
>> 2017-10-04 20:01 GMT+08:00 Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>:
>> > 2017-10-04 15:56+0800, Wanpeng Li:
>> >> 2017-10-04 1:53 GMT+08:00 Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>:
>> >> > 2017-09-28 18:04-0700, Wanpeng Li:
>> >> >> @@ -946,6 +965,11 @@ static int __apic_accept_irq(struct kvm_lapic *apic, int delivery_mode,
>> >> >> int result = 0;
>> >> >> struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = apic->vcpu;
>> >> >>
>> >> >> + if (unlikely(vector < 16) && delivery_mode == APIC_DM_FIXED) {
>> >> >> + apic_error(apic, APIC_ESR_RECVILL);
>> >> >
>> >> > The error is also triggered if lowest priority is supported and tries to
>> >> > deliver an invalid vector.
>> >>
>> >> Could you point out this in SDM? :)
>> >
>> > In section 10.5.3 Error Handling:
>> >
>> > If the local APIC does not support the sending of lowest-priority IPIs
>> > and software writes the ICR to send a lowest-priority IPI with an
>> > illegal vector, the local APIC sets only the “redirectible IPI” error
>> > bit.
>> >
>> > Hence, if local APIC does support lowest-priority, then it throws the
>> > same error as fixed. (KVM does support lowest-priority.)
>>
>> Yeah, I read the section before but I misunderstand it. It seems that
>> the section means it just occurs when the local APIC does not support
>> the sending of lowest-priority IPIs?
>
> I think so.

I see Virtualbox just captures Fixed delivery mode for error handling.

Regards,
Wanpeng Li

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