linux-kernel - [PATCH WIP 5/6] xen: fix unmask

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Date:	Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:14:44 +0100
From:	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	<xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	<Stefano.Stabellini@...citrix.com>, <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>,
	<tim@....org>,
	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH WIP 5/6] xen: fix unmask_evtchn for HVM guests

When unmask_evtchn is called, if we already have an event pending, we
just set evtchn_pending_sel waiting for irq to be re-enabled. That is
because x86 pv guests overwrite the irq_enable pvops with
xen_irq_enable_direct that also handles pending events.

However x86 HVM guests and ARM guests do not change or do not have the
irq_enable pvop, so this scheme doesn't work properly for them.
Considering that having a pending irq when unmask_evtchn is called is
not very common, and it is better to keep the native_irq_enable
implementation for HVM guests and ARM guests, the best thing to do is
just using the EVTCHNOP_unmask callback (Xen re-injects pending
events in response).

Considering that this patch fixes a bug on x86 for current PV on HVM
guests, I'll resend it separately.

Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
CC: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
---
 drivers/xen/events.c |    7 +++++--
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/events.c b/drivers/xen/events.c
index eae0d0b..0132505 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/events.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/events.c
@@ -372,8 +372,11 @@ static void unmask_evtchn(int port)

 	BUG_ON(!irqs_disabled());

-	/* Slow path (hypercall) if this is a non-local port. */
-	if (unlikely(cpu != cpu_from_evtchn(port))) {
+	/* Slow path (hypercall) if this is a non-local port or if this is
+	 * an hvm domain and an event is pending (hvm domains don't have
+	 * their own implementation of irq_enable). */
+	if (unlikely((cpu != cpu_from_evtchn(port)) ||
+			(xen_hvm_domain() && sync_test_bit(port, &s->evtchn_pending[0])))) {
 		struct evtchn_unmask unmask = { .port = port };
 		(void)HYPERVISOR_event_channel_op(EVTCHNOP_unmask, &unmask);
 	} else {
-- 
1.7.2.5

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