On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 01:44:47PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote: >On Fri, Mar 21, 2025, Chao Gao wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 20, 2025 at 10:59:19AM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote: >> >@@ -9776,8 +9777,8 @@ int kvm_x86_vendor_init(struct kvm_x86_init_ops *ops) >> > if (r != 0) >> > goto out_mmu_exit; >> > >> >- enable_device_posted_irqs &= enable_apicv && >> >- irq_remapping_cap(IRQ_POSTING_CAP); >> >+ enable_device_posted_irqs = allow_device_posted_irqs && enable_apicv && >> >+ irq_remapping_cap(IRQ_POSTING_CAP); >> >> Can we simply drop this ... >> >> > >> > kvm_ops_update(ops); >> > >> >@@ -14033,6 +14034,8 @@ EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_rmp_fault); >> > >> > static int __init kvm_x86_init(void) >> > { >> >+ allow_device_posted_irqs = enable_device_posted_irqs; >> >+ >> > kvm_init_xstate_sizes(); >> > >> > kvm_mmu_x86_module_init(); >> > >> > >> >Option #2 is to shove the module param into vendor code, but leave the variable >> >in kvm.ko, like we do for enable_apicv. >> > >> >I'm leaning toward option #2, as it's more flexible, arguably more intuitive, and >> >doesn't prevent putting the logic in kvm_x86_vendor_init(). >> > >> >> and do >> >> bool kvm_arch_has_irq_bypass(void) >> { >> return enable_device_posted_irqs && enable_apicv && >> irq_remapping_cap(IRQ_POSTING_CAP); >> } > >That would avoid the vendor module issues, but it would result in >allow_device_posted_irqs not reflecting the state of KVM. We could partially Ok. I missed that. btw, is using module_param_cb() a bad idea? like: module_param_cb(nx_huge_pages, &nx_huge_pages_ops, &nx_huge_pages, 0644); with a proper .get callback, we can reflect the state of KVM to userspace accurately. >address that by having the variable incorporate irq_remapping_cap(IRQ_POSTING_CAP) >but not enable_apicv, but that's still a bit funky. > >Given that enable_apicv already has the "variable in kvm.ko, module param in >kvm-{amd,intel}.ko" behavior, and that I am planning on giving enable_ipiv the >same treatment (long story), my strong vote is to go with option #2 as it's the >most flexibile, most accurate, and consistent with existing knobs.