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Drop vcpu_svm's avic_backing_page pointer and instead grab the physical address of KVM's vAPIC page directly from the source. Getting a physical address from a kernel virtual address is not an expensive operation, and getting the physical address from a struct page is *more* expensive for CONFIG_SPARSEMEM=y kernels. Regardless, none of the paths that consume the address are hot paths, i.e. shaving cycles is not a priority. Eliminating the "cache" means KVM doesn't have to worry about the cache being invalid, which will simplify a future fix when dealing with vCPU IDs that are too big. WARN if KVM attempts to allocate a vCPU's AVIC backing page without an in-kernel local APIC. avic_init_vcpu() bails early if the APIC is not in-kernel, and KVM disallows enabling an in-kernel APIC after vCPUs have been created, i.e. it should be impossible to reach avic_init_backing_page() without the vAPIC being allocated. Tested-by: Sairaj Kodilkar <sarunkod@amd.com> Reviewed-by: Naveen N Rao (AMD) <naveen@kernel.org> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250611224604.313496-13-seanjc@google.com Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.