linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: x86: Move kvm_(un)register_irq_mask

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Message-ID: <1cdff41c-c917-1344-02bc-ad5cf5c79ab1@semihalf.com>
Date:   Fri, 29 Jul 2022 13:09:19 +0200
From:   Dmytro Maluka <dmy@...ihalf.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Eric Auger <eric.auger@...hat.com>,
        Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
        Rong L Liu <rong.l.liu@...el.com>,
        Zhenyu Wang <zhenyuw@...ux.intel.com>,
        Tomasz Nowicki <tn@...ihalf.com>,
        Grzegorz Jaszczyk <jaz@...ihalf.com>,
        Dmitry Torokhov <dtor@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: x86: Move kvm_(un)register_irq_mask_notifier()
 to generic KVM

On 7/28/22 20:46, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 15, 2022, Dmytro Maluka wrote:
>> In preparation for implementing postponing resamplefd event until the
>> interrupt is unmasked, move kvm_(un)register_irq_mask_notifier() from
>> x86 to arch-independent code to make it usable by irqfd.
> 
> This patch needs to move more than just the helpers, e.g. mask_notifier_list
> needs to be in "struct kvm", not "stuct kvm_arch".
> 
> arch/arm64/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/eventfd.c: In function ‘kvm_register_irq_mask_notifier’:
> arch/arm64/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/eventfd.c:528:51: error: ‘struct kvm_arch’ has no member named ‘mask_notifier_list’
>   528 |         hlist_add_head_rcu(&kimn->link, &kvm->arch.mask_notifier_list);
>       |                                                   ^
> make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:249: arch/arm64/kvm/../../../virt/kvm/eventfd.o] Error 1
> make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
>   AR      kernel/entry/built-in.a

Oops, sorry.

> And kvm_fire_mask_notifiers() should probably be moved as well, otherwise there's
> no point in moving the registration to common code.

Good point, we can move it right away, even though it is not called on
other architectures for now.

> The other option would be to make the generic functions wrappers around arch-specific
> hooks.  But IIRC won't this eventually be needed for other architectures?

Right, I assume we will eventually need it for ARM at least. Not in the
near future though, and at the moment I have no non-x86 hardware on hand
to implement it for other architectures.

Actually I feel a bit uncomfortable with generic irqfd relying on
kvm_register_irq_mask_notifier() which silently has no effect on other
architectures. Maybe it's better to keep
kvm_(un)register_irq_mask_notifier() in the x86 code, and for the
generic code add a weak version which e.g. just prints a warning like
"irq mask notifiers not implemented on this arch". (Or maybe instead of
weak functions introduce arch-specific hooks as you suggested, and print
such a warning if no hook is provided.) What do you think?

Thanks,
Dmytro