linux-kernel - [PATCH MANUALSEL 5.4 2/2] KVM: LAPIC: Enable timer posted-interrupt only when mwait/hlt is advertised

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Message-Id: <20220427155438.19612-2-sashal@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 27 Apr 2022 11:54:38 -0400
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Aili Yao <yaoaili@...gsoft.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com,
        x86@...nel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH MANUALSEL 5.4 2/2] KVM: LAPIC: Enable timer posted-interrupt only when mwait/hlt is advertised

From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>

[ Upstream commit 1714a4eb6fb0cb79f182873cd011a8ed60ac65e8 ]

As commit 0c5f81dad46 ("KVM: LAPIC: Inject timer interrupt via posted
interrupt") mentioned that the host admin should well tune the guest
setup, so that vCPUs are placed on isolated pCPUs, and with several pCPUs
surplus for *busy* housekeeping.  In this setup, it is preferrable to
disable mwait/hlt/pause vmexits to keep the vCPUs in non-root mode.

However, if only some guests isolated and others not, they would not
have any benefit from posted timer interrupts, and at the same time lose
VMX preemption timer fast paths because kvm_can_post_timer_interrupt()
returns true and therefore forces kvm_can_use_hv_timer() to false.

By guaranteeing that posted-interrupt timer is only used if MWAIT or
HLT are done without vmexit, KVM can make a better choice and use the
VMX preemption timer and the corresponding fast paths.

Reported-by: Aili Yao <yaoaili@...gsoft.com>
Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc: Aili Yao <yaoaili@...gsoft.com>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>
Message-Id: <1643112538-36743-1-git-send-email-wanpengli@...cent.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index afe3b8e61514..3696b4de9d99 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ static inline u32 kvm_x2apic_id(struct kvm_lapic *apic)

 bool kvm_can_post_timer_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	return pi_inject_timer && kvm_vcpu_apicv_active(vcpu);
+	return pi_inject_timer && kvm_vcpu_apicv_active(vcpu) &&
+		(kvm_mwait_in_guest(vcpu->kvm) || kvm_hlt_in_guest(vcpu->kvm));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_can_post_timer_interrupt);

-- 
2.35.1