APIC Virtualization and Virtual Interrupt

VMCS有对中断虚拟化和APIC的控制，这些控制都用起来以后，处理器会在non-root模式下模拟APIC的访问、跟踪Virtual APIC的状态、传递虚拟中断而不产生VM-Exit。

APIC V short for APIC Virtualization

APIC V related controls:

- Virtual-interrupt delivery

- Use TPR shadow

- Virtualize APIC accesses

- Virtualize x2APIC mode

- APIC-register virtualization

- process posted interrupts

This control allows software to post virtual interrupts in a data structure and send a notification to another logical processor; upon receipt of the notification, the target processor will process the posted interrupts by copying them into the virtual-APIC page

Q: how can I know the status of each one on my box?

Virtual APIC Page

处理器通过VMM指示的那个virtual APIC page跟踪virtual APIC的状态。Virtual APIC Page是一个4KB的内存区。