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x86/kvm: do not setup pv tlb flush when not paravirtualized
authorThadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@canonical.com>
Fri, 31 Jan 2020 15:56:55 +0000 (12:56 -0300)
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Wed, 5 Feb 2020 14:28:07 +0000 (15:28 +0100)
commit64b38bd1906bb62a040b4e91815e56005db4784d
tree150605fae3625b5c78d460c7b3f30c224be2e7a2
parent7df003c85218b5f5b10a7f6418208f31e813f38f
x86/kvm: do not setup pv tlb flush when not paravirtualized

kvm_setup_pv_tlb_flush will waste memory and print a misguiding message
when KVM paravirtualization is not available.

Intel SDM says that the when cpuid is used with EAX higher than the
maximum supported value for basic of extended function, the data for the
highest supported basic function will be returned.

So, in some systems, kvm_arch_para_features will return bogus data,
causing kvm_setup_pv_tlb_flush to detect support for pv tlb flush.

Testing for kvm_para_available will work as it checks for the hypervisor
signature.

Besides, when the "nopv" command line parameter is used, it should not
continue as well, as kvm_guest_init will no be called in that case.

Signed-off-by: Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <cascardo@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c