microsoft / microsoft/openvmm

virt_whp: coconut-svsm self test with 2 procs hangs on ipi test

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Description

Running coconut-svsm built with hyper-v support, the ipi self tests seem to hang. I suspect that something is broken with our start vp hypercall handling since openhcl does not use it in vtl2.

build the svsm with make test-in-hyperv and run with something like:

cargo run --target x86_64-pc-windows-msvc -- --hv --vtl2 --igvm ~/svsm/bin/coconut-test-hyperv.igvm --com3 console --com1 none --igvm-vtl2-relocation-type disable --late-map-vtl0-policy off --processors 2

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Research direction

Start by building coconut-svsm with make test-in-hyperv and reproducing the hang using the provided cargo run command with two processors. Investigate the start VP hypercall handling mentioned in the report; done means the two-processor IPI self test completes instead of hanging.

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Tech stack
rust
Domain
infrastructure, operating-systems
Issue type
Bug
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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
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