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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/hyperv/hv_apic.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_apic.c b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_apic.c index 40e0e322161d..284e73661a18 100644 --- a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_apic.c +++ b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_apic.c @@ -273,11 +273,15 @@ void __init hv_apic_init(void) pr_info("Hyper-V: Using enlightened APIC (%s mode)", x2apic_enabled() ? "x2apic" : "xapic"); /* - * With x2apic, architectural x2apic MSRs are equivalent to the - * respective synthetic MSRs, so there's no need to override - * the apic accessors. The only exception is - * hv_apic_eoi_write, because it benefits from lazy EOI when - * available, but it works for both xapic and x2apic modes. + * When in x2apic mode, don't use the Hyper-V specific APIC + * accessors since the field layout in the ICR register is + * different in x2apic mode. Furthermore, the architectural + * x2apic MSRs function just as well as the Hyper-V + * synthetic APIC MSRs, so there's no benefit in having + * separate Hyper-V accessors for x2apic mode. The only + * exception is hv_apic_eoi_write, because it benefits from + * lazy EOI when available, but the same accessor works for + * both xapic and x2apic because the field layout is the same. */ apic_set_eoi_write(hv_apic_eoi_write); if (!x2apic_enabled()) { |