linux-kernel - [PATCH v5 03/14] KVM: s390: pv: avoid stalls for kvm_s390_pv_init

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Date:   Mon, 20 Sep 2021 15:24:51 +0200
From:   Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     cohuck@...hat.com, borntraeger@...ibm.com, frankja@...ux.ibm.com,
        thuth@...hat.com, pasic@...ux.ibm.com, david@...hat.com,
        linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ulrich.Weigand@...ibm.com
Subject: [PATCH v5 03/14] KVM: s390: pv: avoid stalls for kvm_s390_pv_init_vm

When the system is heavily overcommitted, kvm_s390_pv_init_vm might
generate stall notifications.

Fix this by using uv_call_sched instead of just uv_call. This is ok because
we are not holding spinlocks.

Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@...ux.ibm.com>
Fixes: 214d9bbcd3a672 ("s390/mm: provide memory management functions for protected KVM guests")
Reviewed-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
---
 arch/s390/kvm/pv.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/pv.c b/arch/s390/kvm/pv.c
index 0a854115100b..00d272d134c2 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/pv.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/pv.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ int kvm_s390_pv_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm, u16 *rc, u16 *rrc)
 	uvcb.conf_base_stor_origin = (u64)kvm->arch.pv.stor_base;
 	uvcb.conf_virt_stor_origin = (u64)kvm->arch.pv.stor_var;
 
-	cc = uv_call(0, (u64)&uvcb);
+	cc = uv_call_sched(0, (u64)&uvcb);
 	*rc = uvcb.header.rc;
 	*rrc = uvcb.header.rrc;
 	KVM_UV_EVENT(kvm, 3, "PROTVIRT CREATE VM: handle %llx len %llx rc %x rrc %x",
-- 
2.31.1