linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v3 2/4] KVM: x86: Use vector-hashing to deliver lowest-priority interrupts

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Date:	Thu, 21 Jan 2016 05:33:41 +0000
From:	"Wu, Feng" <feng.wu@...el.com>
To:	Yang Zhang <yang.zhang.wz@...il.com>,
	"pbonzini@...hat.com" <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	"rkrcmar@...hat.com" <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Wu, Feng" <feng.wu@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 2/4] KVM: x86: Use vector-hashing to deliver
 lowest-priority interrupts



> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-kernel-owner@...r.kernel.org [mailto:linux-kernel-
> owner@...r.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Yang Zhang
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 1:24 PM
> To: Wu, Feng <feng.wu@...el.com>; pbonzini@...hat.com;
> rkrcmar@...hat.com
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org; kvm@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] KVM: x86: Use vector-hashing to deliver lowest-
> priority interrupts
> 
> On 2016/1/20 9:42, Feng Wu wrote:
> > Use vector-hashing to deliver lowest-priority interrupts, As an
> > example, modern Intel CPUs in server platform use this method to
> > handle lowest-priority interrupts.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Feng Wu <feng.wu@...el.com>
> > ---
> >   bool kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic_fast(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_lapic
> *src,
> >   		struct kvm_lapic_irq *irq, int *r, unsigned long *dest_map)
> >   {
> > @@ -727,21 +743,51 @@ bool kvm_irq_delivery_to_apic_fast(struct kvm
> *kvm, struct kvm_lapic *src,
> >
> >   		dst = map->logical_map[cid];
> >
> > -		if (kvm_lowest_prio_delivery(irq)) {
> > +		if (!kvm_lowest_prio_delivery(irq))
> > +			goto set_irq;
> > +
> > +		if (!kvm_vector_hashing_enabled()) {
> >   			int l = -1;
> >   			for_each_set_bit(i, &bitmap, 16) {
> >   				if (!dst[i])
> >   					continue;
> >   				if (l < 0)
> >   					l = i;
> > -				else if (kvm_apic_compare_prio(dst[i]->vcpu,
> dst[l]->vcpu) < 0)
> > +				else if (kvm_apic_compare_prio(dst[i]->vcpu,
> > +							dst[l]->vcpu) < 0)
> >   					l = i;
> >   			}
> > -
> >   			bitmap = (l >= 0) ? 1 << l : 0;
> > +		} else {
> > +			int idx = 0;
> > +			unsigned int dest_vcpus = 0;
> > +
> > +			dest_vcpus = hweight16(bitmap);
> > +			if (dest_vcpus == 0)
> > +				goto out;
> > +
> > +			idx = kvm_vector_2_index(irq->vector,
> > +				dest_vcpus, &bitmap, 16);
> > +
> > +			/*
> > +			 * We may find a hardware disabled LAPIC here, if
> that
> > +			 * is the case, print out a error message once for each
> > +			 * guest and return.
> > +			 */
> > +			if (!dst[idx-1] &&
> > +				(kvm->arch.disabled_lapic_found == 0)) {
> > +				kvm->arch.disabled_lapic_found = 1;
> > +				printk(KERN_ERR
> > +					"Disabled LAPIC found during irq
> injection\n");
> > +				goto out;
> 
> What does "goto out" mean? Inject successfully or fail? According the
> value of ret which is set to ture here, it means inject successfully but
> i = -1.
> 

Oh, I didn't notice 'ret' is initialized to true, I thought it was initialized
to false like another function, I should add a "ret = false' here. We should
failed to inject the interrupt since hardware disabled LAPIC is found.

Thanks,
Feng