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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] KVM: LAPIC: Enable timer posted-interrupt when mwait/hlt is advertised
On Thu, Jan 06, 2022, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
>
> As commit 0c5f81dad46 (KVM: LAPIC: Inject timer interrupt via posted interrupt)
> mentioned that the host admin should well tune the guest setup, so that vCPUs
> are placed on isolated pCPUs, and with several pCPUs surplus for *busy* housekeeping.
> It is better to disable mwait/hlt/pause vmexits to keep the vCPUs in non-root
> mode. However, we may isolate pCPUs for other purpose like DPDK or we can make
> some guests isolated and others not, we may lose vmx preemption timer/timer fastpath
> due to not well tuned setup, and the checking in kvm_can_post_timer_interrupt()
> is not enough. Let's guarantee mwait/hlt is advertised before enabling posted-interrupt
> interrupt. vmx preemption timer/timer fastpath can continue to work if both of them
> are not advertised.
>
> Reported-by: Aili Yao <yaoaili@kingsoft.com>
> Cc: Aili Yao <yaoaili@kingsoft.com>
> Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>

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