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[PATCH v3 3/4] x86/APIC: skip unnecessary parts of __setup_APIC_LVTT()


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  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 10:25:31 +0100
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  • Delivery-date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 09:25:36 +0000
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In TDT mode there's no point writing TDCR or TMICT, while outside of
that mode there's no need for the MFENCE.

No change intended to overall functioning.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
---
v2: New.

--- a/xen/arch/x86/apic.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/apic.c
@@ -1059,24 +1059,25 @@ static void __setup_APIC_LVTT(unsigned i
 {
     unsigned int lvtt_value, tmp_value;
 
-    /* NB. Xen uses local APIC timer in one-shot mode. */
-    lvtt_value = /*APIC_TIMER_MODE_PERIODIC |*/ LOCAL_TIMER_VECTOR;
-
     if ( tdt_enabled )
     {
-        lvtt_value &= (~APIC_TIMER_MODE_MASK);
-        lvtt_value |= APIC_TIMER_MODE_TSC_DEADLINE;
+        lvtt_value = APIC_TIMER_MODE_TSC_DEADLINE | LOCAL_TIMER_VECTOR;
+        apic_write(APIC_LVTT, lvtt_value);
+
+        /*
+         * See Intel SDM: TSC-Deadline Mode chapter. In xAPIC mode,
+         * writing to the APIC LVTT and TSC_DEADLINE MSR isn't serialized.
+         * According to Intel, MFENCE can do the serialization here.
+         */
+        asm volatile( "mfence" : : : "memory" );
+
+        return;
     }
 
+    /* NB. Xen uses local APIC timer in one-shot mode. */
+    lvtt_value = /*APIC_TIMER_MODE_PERIODIC |*/ LOCAL_TIMER_VECTOR;
     apic_write(APIC_LVTT, lvtt_value);
 
-    /*
-     * See Intel SDM: TSC-Deadline Mode chapter. In xAPIC mode,
-     * writing to the APIC LVTT and TSC_DEADLINE MSR isn't serialized.
-     * According to Intel, MFENCE can do the serialization here.
-     */
-    asm volatile( "mfence" : : : "memory" );
-
     tmp_value = apic_read(APIC_TDCR);
     apic_write(APIC_TDCR, tmp_value | APIC_TDR_DIV_1);
 




 


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