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SubjectRe: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Ensure deadline timer has truly expired before posting its IRQ
On Fri, 5 Mar 2021 at 10:19, Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> wrote:
>
> When posting a deadline timer interrupt, open code the checks guarding
> __kvm_wait_lapic_expire() in order to skip the lapic_timer_int_injected()
> check in kvm_wait_lapic_expire(). The injection check will always fail
> since the interrupt has not yet be injected. Moving the call after
> injection would also be wrong as that wouldn't actually delay delivery
> of the IRQ if it is indeed sent via posted interrupt.
>
> Fixes: 010fd37fddf6 ("KVM: LAPIC: Reduce world switch latency caused by timer_advance_ns")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 11 ++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> index 45d40bfacb7c..cb8ebfaccfb6 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> @@ -1642,7 +1642,16 @@ static void apic_timer_expired(struct kvm_lapic *apic, bool from_timer_fn)
> }
>
> if (kvm_use_posted_timer_interrupt(apic->vcpu)) {
> - kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu);
> + /*
> + * Ensure the guest's timer has truly expired before posting an
> + * interrupt. Open code the relevant checks to avoid querying
> + * lapic_timer_int_injected(), which will be false since the
> + * interrupt isn't yet injected. Waiting until after injecting
> + * is not an option since that won't help a posted interrupt.
> + */
> + if (vcpu->arch.apic->lapic_timer.expired_tscdeadline &&
> + vcpu->arch.apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns)
> + __kvm_wait_lapic_expire(vcpu);

Thanks for the fixing.

Wanpeng

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