From: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
To: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>,
Pei Zhang <pezhang@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 4/4] KVM: VMX: update vcpu posted-interrupt descriptor when assigning device
Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 12:19:56 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YJqurM+LiyAY+MPO@t490s> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210511145157.GC124427@fuller.cnet>
On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 11:51:57AM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 10:39:11AM -0400, Peter Xu wrote:
> > On Fri, May 07, 2021 at 07:08:31PM -0300, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > > > Wondering whether we should add a pi_test_on() check in kvm_vcpu_has_events()
> > > > somehow, so that even without customized ->vcpu_check_block we should be able
> > > > to break the block loop (as kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable will return true properly)?
> > >
> > > static int kvm_vcpu_check_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > > {
> > > int ret = -EINTR;
> > > int idx = srcu_read_lock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu);
> > >
> > > if (kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable(vcpu)) {
> > > kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_UNHALT, vcpu); <---
> > > goto out;
> > > }
> > >
> > > Don't want to unhalt the vcpu.
> >
> > Could you elaborate? It's not obvious to me why we can't do that if
> > pi_test_on() returns true.. we have pending post interrupts anyways, so
> > shouldn't we stop halting? Thanks!
>
> pi_test_on() only returns true when an interrupt is signalled by the
> device. But the sequence of events is:
>
>
> 1. pCPU idles without notification vector configured to wakeup vector.
>
> 2. PCI device is hotplugged, assigned device count increases from 0 to 1.
>
> <arbitrary amount of time>
>
> 3. device generates interrupt, sets ON bit to true in the posted
> interrupt descriptor.
>
> We want to exit kvm_vcpu_block after 2, but before 3 (where ON bit
> is not set).
Ah yes.. thanks.
Besides the current approach, I'm thinking maybe it'll be cleaner/less LOC to
define a KVM_REQ_UNBLOCK to replace the pre_block hook (in x86's kvm_host.h):
#define KVM_REQ_UNBLOCK KVM_ARCH_REQ(31)
We can set it in vmx_pi_start_assignment(), then check+clear it in
kvm_vcpu_has_events() (or make it a bool in kvm_vcpu struct?).
The thing is current vmx_vcpu_check_block() is mostly a sanity check and
copy-paste of the pi checks on a few items, so maybe cleaner to use
KVM_REQ_UNBLOCK, as it might be reused in the future for re-evaluating of
pre-block for similar purpose?
No strong opinion, though.
--
Peter Xu
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-11 16:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-07 13:06 [patch 0/4] VMX: configure posted interrupt descriptor when assigning device Marcelo Tosatti
2021-05-07 13:06 ` [patch 1/4] KVM: x86: add start_assignment hook to kvm_x86_ops Marcelo Tosatti
2021-05-07 19:16 ` Peter Xu
2021-05-10 17:53 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2021-05-07 13:06 ` [patch 2/4] KVM: add arch specific vcpu_check_block callback Marcelo Tosatti
2021-05-07 13:06 ` [patch 3/4] KVM: x86: implement kvm_arch_vcpu_check_block callback Marcelo Tosatti
2021-05-07 13:06 ` [patch 4/4] KVM: VMX: update vcpu posted-interrupt descriptor when assigning device Marcelo Tosatti
2021-05-07 17:22 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-05-07 19:29 ` Peter Xu
2021-05-07 22:08 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2021-05-11 14:39 ` Peter Xu
2021-05-11 14:51 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2021-05-11 16:19 ` Peter Xu [this message]
2021-05-11 17:18 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2021-05-11 21:35 ` Peter Xu
2021-05-11 23:51 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2021-05-12 0:02 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2021-05-12 0:38 ` Peter Xu
2021-05-12 11:10 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2021-05-12 14:41 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-05-12 15:34 ` Peter Xu
2021-05-10 17:26 [patch 0/4] VMX: configure posted interrupt descriptor when assigning device (v3) Marcelo Tosatti
2021-05-10 17:26 ` [patch 4/4] KVM: VMX: update vcpu posted-interrupt descriptor when assigning device Marcelo Tosatti
2021-05-24 15:55 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-05-24 17:53 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2021-05-25 11:58 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-05-11 23:57 [patch 0/4] VMX: configure posted interrupt descriptor when assigning device (v4) Marcelo Tosatti
2021-05-11 23:57 ` [patch 4/4] KVM: VMX: update vcpu posted-interrupt descriptor when assigning device Marcelo Tosatti
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