linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 4/7] KVM: avoid unnecessary wait for a async pf

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Date:	Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:01:28 +0800
From:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
CC:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, KVM <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/7] KVM: avoid unnecessary wait for a async pf

In current code, it checks async pf completion out of the wait context,
like this:

if (vcpu->arch.mp_state == KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE &&
		    !vcpu->arch.apf.halted)
			r = vcpu_enter_guest(vcpu);
		else {
			......
			kvm_vcpu_block(vcpu)
			 ^- waiting until 'async_pf.done' is not empty
}
	
kvm_check_async_pf_completion(vcpu)
 ^- delete list from async_pf.done

So, if we check aysnc pf completion first, it can be blocked at
kvm_vcpu_block

Fixed by mark the vcpu is unhalted in kvm_check_async_pf_completion()
path

Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...fujitsu.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c |    1 +
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 9b543f4..4da8485 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -6280,6 +6280,7 @@ void kvm_arch_async_page_present(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		vcpu->arch.fault.address = work->arch.token;
 		kvm_inject_page_fault(vcpu);
 	}
+	vcpu->arch.apf.halted = false;
 }
 
 bool kvm_arch_can_inject_async_page_present(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-- 
1.7.0.4

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