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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 14/17] vmx: Properly handle notification event when vCPU is running




> -----Original Message-----
> From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk [mailto:konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 1:02 AM
> To: Wu, Feng
> Cc: xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Keir Fraser; Tian, Kevin; Jan Beulich; Andrew
> Cooper
> Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v5 14/17] vmx: Properly handle notification
> event when vCPU is running
> 
> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 10:35:35AM +0800, Feng Wu wrote:
> > When a vCPU is running in Root mode and a notification event
> > has been injected to it. we need to set VCPU_KICK_SOFTIRQ for
> > the current cpu, so the pending interrupt in PIRR will be
> > synced to vIRR before VM-Exit in time.
> >
> > CC: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
> > CC: Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxx>
> > CC: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
> > CC: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Feng Wu <feng.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > v4:
> > - Coding style.
> >
> > v3:
> > - Make pi_notification_interrupt() static
> >
> >  xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c | 47
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > index e80d888..c8a4371 100644
> > --- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > +++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > @@ -2033,6 +2033,51 @@ static void pi_wakeup_interrupt(struct
> cpu_user_regs *regs)
> >      this_cpu(irq_count)++;
> >  }
> >
> > +/* Handle VT-d posted-interrupt when VCPU is running. */
> > +static void pi_notification_interrupt(struct cpu_user_regs *regs)
> > +{
> > +    /*
> > +     * We get here when a vCPU is running in root-mode (such as via
> hypercall,
> > +     * or any other reasons which can result in VM-Exit), and before vCPU
> is
> > +     * back to non-root, external interrupts from an assigned device
> happen
> > +     * and a notification event is delivered to this logical CPU.
> > +     *
> > +     * we need to set VCPU_KICK_SOFTIRQ for the current cpu, just like
> > +     * __vmx_deliver_posted_interrupt(). So the pending interrupt in PIRR
> will
> > +     * be synced to vIRR before VM-Exit in time.
> > +     *
> > +     * Please refer to the following code fragments from
> > +     * xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/entry.S:
> > +     *
> > +     *     .Lvmx_do_vmentry
> > +     *
> > +     *      ......
> > +     *      point 1
> > +     *
> > +     *      cmp  %ecx,(%rdx,%rax,1)
> > +     *      jnz  .Lvmx_process_softirqs
> > +     *
> > +     *      ......
> > +     *
> > +     *      je   .Lvmx_launch
> > +     *
> > +     *      ......
> > +     *
> > +     *     .Lvmx_process_softirqs:
> > +     *      sti
> > +     *      call do_softirq
> > +     *      jmp  .Lvmx_do_vmentry
> > +     *
> > +     * If VT-d engine issues a notification event at point 1 above, it 
> > cannot
> > +     * be delivered to the guest during this VM-entry without raising the
> > +     * softirq in this notification handler.
> > +     */
> > +    raise_softirq(VCPU_KICK_SOFTIRQ);
> > +
> > +    ack_APIC_irq();
> > +    this_cpu(irq_count)++;
> 
> Most (except the AMD?) have ack_APIC_irq() and such done at the start
> of the functions. Is there a particular need to diverge?

Nothing special here, I can move it to the beginning of this function.

Thanks,
Feng

> 
> > +}
> > +
> >  const struct hvm_function_table * __init start_vmx(void)
> >  {
> >      set_in_cr4(X86_CR4_VMXE);
> > @@ -2071,7 +2116,7 @@ const struct hvm_function_table * __init
> start_vmx(void)
> >
> >      if ( cpu_has_vmx_posted_intr_processing )
> >      {
> > -        alloc_direct_apic_vector(&posted_intr_vector,
> event_check_interrupt);
> > +        alloc_direct_apic_vector(&posted_intr_vector,
> pi_notification_interrupt);
> >
> >          if ( iommu_intpost )
> >              alloc_direct_apic_vector(&pi_wakeup_vector,
> pi_wakeup_interrupt);
> > --
> > 2.1.0
> >
> >
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