linux-kernel - Re: [PART1 RFC 5/9] svm: Add VMEXIT handlers for AVIC

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Message-ID: <56C70029.1000406@redhat.com>
Date:	Fri, 19 Feb 2016 12:44:41 +0100
From:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:	Suravee Suthikulpanit <Suravee.Suthikulpanit@....com>,
	Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
Cc:	joro@...tes.org, alex.williamson@...hat.com, gleb@...nel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, wei@...hat.com,
	sherry.hurwitz@....com, "Wu, Feng" <feng.wu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PART1 RFC 5/9] svm: Add VMEXIT handlers for AVIC



On 19/02/2016 12:39, Suravee Suthikulpanit wrote:
> 
> Good point. I have made the change by introducing new function pointer,
> kvm_x86_ops.vcpu_blocking() and kvm_x86_ops.vcpu_unblocking(). Then
> provides the hook to set/unset the IsRunningBit here. Also, I no longer
> set the bit in the vcpu_load/vcpu_put.
> 
> If this is okay. I'll send out V2 soon.

Great, thanks.  Have you tried making the backing page point to the
kvm_lapic's regs?  If so, I think you're ready to send out v2 indeed.

Paolo