Since lapic timer handler only wakes up a simple waitqueue, it can be executed from hardirq context. Reduces average cyclictest latency by 3us. Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti --- arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) Index: linux-stable-rt/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c =================================================================== --- linux-stable-rt.orig/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c 2014-11-25 14:14:38.636810068 -0200 +++ linux-stable-rt/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c 2014-11-25 14:17:28.850567059 -0200 @@ -1031,8 +1031,38 @@ apic->divide_count); } + +static enum hrtimer_restart apic_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *data); + +static void apic_timer_expired(struct hrtimer *data) +{ + int ret, i = 0; + enum hrtimer_restart r; + struct kvm_timer *ktimer = container_of(data, struct kvm_timer, timer); + + r = apic_timer_fn(data); + + if (r == HRTIMER_RESTART) { + do { + ret = hrtimer_start_expires(data, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS); + if (ret == -ETIME) + hrtimer_add_expires_ns(&ktimer->timer, + ktimer->period); + i++; + } while (ret == -ETIME && i < 10); + + if (ret == -ETIME) { + printk(KERN_ERR "%s: failed to reprogram timer\n", + __func__); + WARN_ON(1); + } + } +} + + static void start_apic_timer(struct kvm_lapic *apic) { + int ret; ktime_t now; atomic_set(&apic->lapic_timer.pending, 0); @@ -1062,9 +1092,11 @@ } } - hrtimer_start(&apic->lapic_timer.timer, + ret = hrtimer_start(&apic->lapic_timer.timer, ktime_add_ns(now, apic->lapic_timer.period), HRTIMER_MODE_ABS); + if (ret == -ETIME) + apic_timer_expired(&apic->lapic_timer.timer); apic_debug("%s: bus cycle is %" PRId64 "ns, now 0x%016" PRIx64 ", " @@ -1094,8 +1126,10 @@ ns = (tscdeadline - guest_tsc) * 1000000ULL; do_div(ns, this_tsc_khz); } - hrtimer_start(&apic->lapic_timer.timer, + ret = hrtimer_start(&apic->lapic_timer.timer, ktime_add_ns(now, ns), HRTIMER_MODE_ABS); + if (ret == -ETIME) + apic_timer_expired(&apic->lapic_timer.timer); local_irq_restore(flags); } @@ -1581,6 +1615,7 @@ hrtimer_init(&apic->lapic_timer.timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS); apic->lapic_timer.timer.function = apic_timer_fn; + apic->lapic_timer.timer.irqsafe = 1; /* * APIC is created enabled. This will prevent kvm_lapic_set_base from @@ -1699,7 +1734,8 @@ timer = &vcpu->arch.apic->lapic_timer.timer; if (hrtimer_cancel(timer)) - hrtimer_start_expires(timer, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS); + if (hrtimer_start_expires(timer, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS) == -ETIME) + apic_timer_expired(timer); } /* -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/