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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 10/10] x86/SVM: Add AMD AVIC key handler



On 03/01/17 16:01, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
>>  
>> +static void avic_dump(unsigned char ch)
>> +{
>> +    struct domain *d;
>> +    struct vcpu *v;
>> +
>> +    printk("*********** SVM AVIC Statistics **************\n");
>> +
>> +    rcu_read_lock(&domlist_read_lock);
>> +
>> +    for_each_domain ( d )
>> +    {
>> +        if ( !is_hvm_domain(d) )
> || !svm_avic_vcpu_enabled(d->v[0]) (or something along these lines)?

It isn't safe to deference the vcpu array like this, which in turn
highlights that the avic predicate should be per-domain, not per-cpu. 
Under no circumstances should we have AVIC on some vcpus but not others
of the same domain.

~Andrew

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