linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 16/26] KVM: VMX: Don't do full kick when triggering posted interrupt "fails"

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Message-Id: <20211208015236.1616697-17-seanjc@google.com>
Date:   Wed,  8 Dec 2021 01:52:26 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
Cc:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Suravee Suthikulpanit <suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 16/26] KVM: VMX: Don't do full kick when triggering posted
 interrupt "fails"

Replace the full "kick" with just the "wake" in the fallback path when
triggering a virtual interrupt via a posted interrupt fails because the
guest is not IN_GUEST_MODE.  If the guest transitions into guest mode
between the check and the kick, then it's guaranteed to see the pending
interrupt as KVM syncs the PIR to IRR (and onto GUEST_RVI) after setting
IN_GUEST_MODE.  Kicking the guest in this case is nothing more than an
unnecessary VM-Exit (and host IRQ).

Opportunistically update comments to explain the various ordering rules
and barriers at play.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 4 ++--
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c     | 9 +++++----
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 1b8804d93776..fa90eacbf7e2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -3956,7 +3956,7 @@ static int vmx_deliver_nested_posted_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 
 		/* the PIR and ON have been set by L1. */
 		if (!kvm_vcpu_trigger_posted_interrupt(vcpu, true))
-			kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
+			kvm_vcpu_wake_up(vcpu);
 		return 0;
 	}
 	return -1;
@@ -3995,7 +3995,7 @@ static int vmx_deliver_posted_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int vector)
 	 */
 	if (vcpu != kvm_get_running_vcpu() &&
 	    !kvm_vcpu_trigger_posted_interrupt(vcpu, false))
-		kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
+		kvm_vcpu_wake_up(vcpu);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 4a2341e4ff30..abf99b77883e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -9887,10 +9887,11 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	smp_mb__after_srcu_read_unlock();
 
 	/*
-	 * This handles the case where a posted interrupt was
-	 * notified with kvm_vcpu_kick.  Assigned devices can
-	 * use the POSTED_INTR_VECTOR even if APICv is disabled,
-	 * so do it even if !kvm_vcpu_apicv_active(vcpu).
+	 * Process pending posted interrupts to handle the case where the
+	 * notification IRQ arrived in the host, or was never sent (because the
+	 * target vCPU wasn't running).  Do this regardless of the vCPU's APICv
+	 * status, KVM doesn't update assigned devices when APICv is inhibited,
+	 * i.e. they can post interrupts even if APICv is temporarily disabled.
 	 */
 	if (kvm_lapic_enabled(vcpu))
 		static_call_cond(kvm_x86_sync_pir_to_irr)(vcpu);
-- 
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