linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 40/43] KVM: VMX: Wake vCPU when delivering posted IRQ even if vCPU == this vCPU

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Message-ID: <YXlwmrrRVIoaU2kG@google.com>
Date:   Wed, 27 Oct 2021 15:30:34 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>, Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>,
        Aleksandar Markovic <aleksandar.qemu.devel@...il.com>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...abs.org>,
        Anup Patel <anup.patel@....com>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>,
        Janosch Frank <frankja@...ux.ibm.com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@....com>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Atish Patra <atish.patra@....com>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>,
        Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
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        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
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        David Matlack <dmatlack@...gle.com>,
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        Jing Zhang <jingzhangos@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 40/43] KVM: VMX: Wake vCPU when delivering posted IRQ
 even if vCPU == this vCPU

On Mon, Oct 25, 2021, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 09/10/21 04:12, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > 
> > Lastly, this aligns the non-nested and nested usage of triggering posted
> > interrupts, and will allow for additional cleanups.
> 
> It also aligns with SVM a little bit more (especially given patch 35),
> doesn't it?

Yes, aligning VMX and SVM APICv behavior as much as possible is definitely a goal
of this series, though I suspect I failed to state that anywhere.