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Commit a21d1becaa3f ("powerpc: Reintroduce is_kvm_guest() as a fast-path
check") added is_kvm_guest() and changed kvm_para_available() to use it.
is_kvm_guest() checks a static key, kvm_guest, and that static key is
set in check_kvm_guest().
The problem is check_kvm_guest() is only called on pseries, and even
then only in some configurations. That means is_kvm_guest() always
returns false on all non-pseries and some pseries depending on
configuration. That's a bug.
For PR KVM guests this is noticable because they no longer do live
patching of themselves, which can be detected by the omission of a
message in dmesg such as:
KVM: Live patching for a fast VM worked
To fix it make check_kvm_guest() an initcall, to ensure it's always
called at boot. It needs to be core so that it runs before
kvm_guest_init() which is postcore. To be an initcall it needs to return
int, where 0 means success, so update that.
We still call it manually in pSeries_smp_probe(), because that runs
before init calls are run.
Fixes: a21d1becaa3f ("powerpc: Reintroduce is_kvm_guest() as a fast-path check")
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210623130514.2543232-1-mpe@ellerman.id.au
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