linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: Use IRQF_ONESHOT for assigned device MSI interrupts

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Message-ID: <4FDF0A68.7080004@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 18 Jun 2012 14:00:56 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>
To:	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
CC:	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
	"kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"mtosatti@...hat.com" <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"yongjie.ren@...el.com" <yongjie.ren@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: Use IRQF_ONESHOT for assigned device MSI interrupts

On 06/11/2012 01:21 PM, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 01:01:41PM +0300, Avi Kivity wrote:
>> On 06/08/2012 05:50 PM, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> > 
>> >> 
>> >> Pls correct me if I'm wrong.
>> > 
>> > Well, IIRC, the "don't loop over all vcpus with IRQs or preemption
>> > disabled" was one argument against direct legacy interrupt injection as
>> > well. That's what I kept in mind from those discussions. Maybe Avi can
>> > comment on the current position.
>> 
>> It's still my position.
>> 
>> IMO we need something like struct gfn_to_hva_cache for interrupts.  If
>> it's in the cache, we fast-path it from the interrupt handler.  If not,
>> fall back to a workqueue and let it refill the cache.
> 
> And you class the irqfd behaviour of injecting multicast
> with interrupts disabled a bug then?

Yes (a minor one).


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