linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] KVM: X86: Add NMI support to PV IPIs

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Date:   Thu, 19 Jul 2018 18:31:39 +0200
From:   Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
To:     Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/6] KVM: X86: Add NMI support to PV IPIs

2018-07-03 14:21+0800, Wanpeng Li:
> From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>
> 
> The NMI delivery mode of ICR is used to deliver an NMI to the processor, 
> and the vector information is ignored.
> 
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
> Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> @@ -479,7 +479,16 @@ static int __send_ipi_mask(const struct cpumask *mask, int vector)
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> -	ret = kvm_hypercall3(KVM_HC_SEND_IPI, ipi_bitmap_low, ipi_bitmap_high, vector);
> +	switch (vector) {
> +	default:
> +		icr = APIC_DM_FIXED | vector;
> +		break;
> +	case NMI_VECTOR:
> +		icr = APIC_DM_NMI;

I think it would be better to say that KVM interprets NMI_VECTOR and
sends the interrupt as APIC_DM_NMI.

> +		break;
> +	}
> +
> +	ret = kvm_hypercall3(KVM_HC_SEND_IPI, ipi_bitmap_low, ipi_bitmap_high, icr);
>