Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Jan 2022 18:30:48 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: VMX: Dont' send posted IRQ if vCPU == this vCPU and vCPU is IN_GUEST_MODE | From | Paolo Bonzini <> |
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On 1/19/22 08:11, Wanpeng Li wrote: > kindly ping, :)
Will look at it next week for 5.18.
Paolo
> On Sat, 8 Jan 2022 at 10:43, Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com> >> >> When delivering a virtual interrupt, don't actually send a posted interrupt >> if the target vCPU is also the currently running vCPU and is IN_GUEST_MODE, >> in which case the interrupt is being sent from a VM-Exit fastpath and the >> core run loop in vcpu_enter_guest() will manually move the interrupt from >> the PIR to vmcs.GUEST_RVI. IRQs are disabled while IN_GUEST_MODE, thus >> there's no possibility of the virtual interrupt being sent from anything >> other than KVM, i.e. KVM won't suppress a wake event from an IRQ handler >> (see commit fdba608f15e2, "KVM: VMX: Wake vCPU when delivering posted IRQ >> even if vCPU == this vCPU"). >> >> Eliding the posted interrupt restores the performance provided by the >> combination of commits 379a3c8ee444 ("KVM: VMX: Optimize posted-interrupt >> delivery for timer fastpath") and 26efe2fd92e5 ("KVM: VMX: Handle >> preemption timer fastpath"). >> >> Thanks Sean for better comments. >> >> Suggested-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com> >> Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> >> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com> >> --- >> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++------------------- >> 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c >> index fe06b02994e6..e06377c9a4cf 100644 >> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c >> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c >> @@ -3908,31 +3908,33 @@ static inline void kvm_vcpu_trigger_posted_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, >> #ifdef CONFIG_SMP >> if (vcpu->mode == IN_GUEST_MODE) { >> /* >> - * The vector of interrupt to be delivered to vcpu had >> - * been set in PIR before this function. >> + * The vector of the virtual has already been set in the PIR. >> + * Send a notification event to deliver the virtual interrupt >> + * unless the vCPU is the currently running vCPU, i.e. the >> + * event is being sent from a fastpath VM-Exit handler, in >> + * which case the PIR will be synced to the vIRR before >> + * re-entering the guest. >> * >> - * Following cases will be reached in this block, and >> - * we always send a notification event in all cases as >> - * explained below. >> + * When the target is not the running vCPU, the following >> + * possibilities emerge: >> * >> - * Case 1: vcpu keeps in non-root mode. Sending a >> - * notification event posts the interrupt to vcpu. >> + * Case 1: vCPU stays in non-root mode. Sending a notification >> + * event posts the interrupt to the vCPU. >> * >> - * Case 2: vcpu exits to root mode and is still >> - * runnable. PIR will be synced to vIRR before the >> - * next vcpu entry. Sending a notification event in >> - * this case has no effect, as vcpu is not in root >> - * mode. >> + * Case 2: vCPU exits to root mode and is still runnable. The >> + * PIR will be synced to the vIRR before re-entering the guest. >> + * Sending a notification event is ok as the host IRQ handler >> + * will ignore the spurious event. >> * >> - * Case 3: vcpu exits to root mode and is blocked. >> - * vcpu_block() has already synced PIR to vIRR and >> - * never blocks vcpu if vIRR is not cleared. Therefore, >> - * a blocked vcpu here does not wait for any requested >> - * interrupts in PIR, and sending a notification event >> - * which has no effect is safe here. >> + * Case 3: vCPU exits to root mode and is blocked. vcpu_block() >> + * has already synced PIR to vIRR and never blocks the vCPU if >> + * the vIRR is not empty. Therefore, a blocked vCPU here does >> + * not wait for any requested interrupts in PIR, and sending a >> + * notification event also results in a benign, spurious event. >> */ >> >> - apic->send_IPI_mask(get_cpu_mask(vcpu->cpu), pi_vec); >> + if (vcpu != kvm_get_running_vcpu()) >> + apic->send_IPI_mask(get_cpu_mask(vcpu->cpu), pi_vec); >> return; >> } >> #endif >> -- >> 2.25.1 >> >
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