From: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
To: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>,
kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org, KVM list <kvm@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/13] kvm/powerpc: Add support for Book3S processors in hypervisor mode
Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 12:43:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <196413A8-500A-4A72-99D2-7ED7E3BBD056@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110527103334.GA4236@brick.ozlabs.ibm.com>
On 27.05.2011, at 12:33, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 12:17:50PM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>=20
>> On 16.05.2011, at 07:58, Paul Mackerras wrote:
>>=20
>>> I do the check there because I was having problems where, if the =
HDEC
>>> goes negative before we do the partition switch, we would =
occasionally
>>> not get the HDEC interrupt at all until the next time HDEC went
>>> negative, ~ 8.4 seconds later.
>>=20
>> Yikes - so HDEC is edge and doesn't even keep the interrupt line up?
>> That sounds like a serious hardware limitation. What if you only use
>> HDEC and it triggers while interrupts are off in a critical section?
>> Is the hardware really that broken?
>=20
> If HDEC expires when interrupts are off, the HDEC interrupt stays
> pending until interrupts get re-enabled. I'm not sure exactly what
> the conditions are that cause an HDEC interrupt to get lost, but they
> seem to involve at least a partition switch.
Please try to contact some of your hardware designers and figure out =
what exactly the conditions are. Maybe we don't need this hack.
Alex
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-05-27 10:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-05-11 10:34 [PATCH 0/13] Hypervisor-mode KVM on POWER7 Paul Mackerras
2011-05-11 10:36 ` [PATCH 01/13] kvm/powerpc: Move fields between struct kvm_vcpu_arch and kvmppc_vcpu_book3s Paul Mackerras
2011-05-11 10:38 ` [PATCH 02/13] kvm/powerpc: Fix kvmppc_core_pending_dec Paul Mackerras
2011-05-11 10:39 ` [PATCH 03/13] kvm/powerpc: Fix the build for 32-bit Book 3S (classic) processors Paul Mackerras
2011-05-12 9:33 ` Alexander Graf
2011-05-12 11:15 ` Paul Mackerras
2011-05-12 11:16 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-05-12 11:57 ` Alexander Graf
2011-05-11 10:40 ` [PATCH 04/13] kvm/powerpc: Split out code from book3s.c into book3s_pr.c Paul Mackerras
2011-05-11 10:41 ` [PATCH 05/13] powerpc, kvm: Rework KVM checks in first-level interrupt handlers Paul Mackerras
2011-05-11 10:42 ` [PATCH 06/13] kvm/powerpc: Deliver program interrupts right away instead of queueing them Paul Mackerras
2011-05-11 10:42 ` [PATCH 07/13] kvm/powerpc: Pass init/destroy vm and prepare/commit memory region ops down Paul Mackerras
2011-05-11 10:43 ` [PATCH 08/13] kvm/powerpc: Move guest enter/exit down into subarch-specific code Paul Mackerras
2011-05-17 18:05 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2011-05-17 18:10 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2011-05-11 10:44 ` [PATCH 09/13] powerpc: Set up LPCR for running guest partitions Paul Mackerras
2011-05-11 10:44 ` [PATCH 10/13] kvm/powerpc: Add support for Book3S processors in hypervisor mode Paul Mackerras
2011-05-12 9:07 ` Avi Kivity
2011-05-16 1:07 ` Paul Mackerras
2011-05-15 21:58 ` Alexander Graf
2011-05-16 5:58 ` Paul Mackerras
2011-05-17 10:17 ` Alexander Graf
2011-05-27 10:33 ` Paul Mackerras
2011-05-27 10:43 ` Alexander Graf [this message]
2011-05-27 20:59 ` Segher Boessenkool
2011-05-27 23:19 ` Alexander Graf
2011-05-28 1:07 ` Segher Boessenkool
2011-05-31 20:26 ` Jimi Xenidis
2011-05-31 22:34 ` Segher Boessenkool
2011-06-01 5:11 ` Paul Mackerras
2011-05-11 10:45 ` [PATCH 11/13] kvm/powerpc: Handle some PAPR hcalls in the kernel Paul Mackerras
2011-05-17 7:54 ` Alexander Graf
2011-05-17 10:28 ` Paul Mackerras
2011-05-11 10:46 ` [PATCH 12/13] kvm/powerpc: Accelerate H_PUT_TCE by implementing it in real mode Paul Mackerras
2011-05-17 8:01 ` Alexander Graf
2011-05-17 9:11 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-05-17 9:31 ` Alexander Graf
2011-05-17 9:35 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-05-17 9:39 ` Alexander Graf
2011-05-11 10:46 ` [PATCH 13/13] kvm/powerpc: Allow book3s_hv guests to use SMT processor modes Paul Mackerras
2011-05-11 13:44 ` Christoph Hellwig
2011-05-11 21:17 ` Paul Mackerras
2011-05-17 8:21 ` Alexander Graf
2011-05-17 10:44 ` Paul Mackerras
2011-05-17 11:36 ` Alexander Graf
2011-05-19 6:06 ` Paul Mackerras
2011-05-17 9:46 ` [PATCH 0/13] Hypervisor-mode KVM on POWER7 Alexander Graf
2011-05-17 11:15 ` Paul Mackerras
2011-05-17 11:38 ` Alexander Graf
2011-05-17 11:42 ` Avi Kivity
2011-05-19 5:22 ` Paul Mackerras
2011-05-19 6:01 ` Alexander Graf
2011-05-21 16:41 ` Alexander Graf
2011-05-21 17:00 ` Alexander Graf
2011-05-21 18:15 ` Alexander Graf
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