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Sun, 28 Nov 2021 19:29:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([43.128.78.144]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id pf15sm17911786pjb.40.2021.11.28.19.29.04 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sun, 28 Nov 2021 19:29:07 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2021 11:28:59 +0800 From: Aili Yao To: Sean Christopherson Cc: pbonzini@redhat.com, vkuznets@redhat.com, wanpengli@tencent.com, jmattson@google.com, joro@8bytes.org, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, yaoaili@kingsoft.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: LAPIC: Per vCPU control over kvm_can_post_timer_interrupt Message-ID: <20211129112859.048b3d1a@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20211123161834.30714698@gmail.com> References: <20211122095619.000060d2@gmail.com> <20211123161834.30714698@gmail.com> Organization: ksyun X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.17.5 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: kvm@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:18:34 +0800 Aili Yao wrote: > On Mon, 22 Nov 2021 19:13:02 +0000 > Sean Christopherson wrote: > > > On Mon, Nov 22, 2021, Aili Yao wrote: > > > From: Aili Yao > > > > > > When we isolate some pyhiscal cores, We may not use them for kvm > > > guests, We may use them for other purposes like DPDK, or we can > > > make some kvm guests isolated and some not, the global judgement > > > pi_inject_timer is not enough; We may make wrong decisions: > > > > > > In such a scenario, the guests without isolated cores will not be > > > permitted to use vmx preemption timer, and tscdeadline fastpath > > > also be disabled, both will lead to performance penalty. > > > > > > So check whether the vcpu->cpu is isolated, if not, don't post timer > > > interrupt. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Aili Yao > > > --- > > > arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 4 +++- > > > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c > > > index 759952dd1222..72dde5532101 100644 > > > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c > > > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c > > > @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ > > > #include > > > #include > > > #include > > > +#include > > > #include "kvm_cache_regs.h" > > > #include "irq.h" > > > #include "ioapic.h" > > > @@ -113,7 +114,8 @@ static inline u32 kvm_x2apic_id(struct > > > kvm_lapic *apic) > > > static bool kvm_can_post_timer_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) > > > { > > > - return pi_inject_timer && kvm_vcpu_apicv_active(vcpu); > > > + return pi_inject_timer && kvm_vcpu_apicv_active(vcpu) && > > > + !housekeeping_cpu(vcpu->cpu, HK_FLAG_TIMER); > > > > I don't think this is safe, vcpu->cpu will be -1 if the vCPU isn't > > scheduled in. > > I checked this, It seems we will set vcpu->cpu to a valid value when we > create vcpu( kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu()), Really Sorry, My code base is too old; This vcpu->cpu assignment has been deleted in latest code, And this housekeeping_cpu() check will result problem. Thanks! >only after that we can > configure lapic through vcpu fd and start the timer, this may not be one > real problem. > > Currently, the patch seems work as expected in my test, maybe one > possible candidate for the issue listed above. > > Thanks > > > This also doesn't play nice with the admin forcing > > pi_inject_timer=1. Not saying there's a reasonable use case for > > doing that, but it's supported today and this would break that > > behavior. It would also lead to weird behavior if a vCPU were > > migrated on/off a housekeeping vCPU. Again, probably not a > > reasonable use case, but I don't see anything that would outright > > prevent that behavior. > > > > The existing behavior also feels a bit unsafe as pi_inject_timer is > > writable while KVM is running, though I supposed that's orthogonal to > > this discussion. > > > > Rather than check vcpu->cpu, is there an existing vCPU flag that can > > be queried, e.g. KVM_HINTS_REALTIME? > > > > > } > > > > > > bool kvm_can_use_hv_timer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) > > > -- > > > 2.25.1 > > > >