linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: irq: unconditionally define KVM interrupt vectors

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Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 10:49:57 -0800
From: Xin Li <xin@...or.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc: x86@...nel.org, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: irq: unconditionally define KVM interrupt vectors

On 2/23/2024 2:22 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Unlike arch/x86/kernel/idt.c, FRED support chose to remove the #ifdefs
> from the .c files and concentrate them in the headers, where unused
> handlers are #define'd to NULL.
> 
> However, the constants for KVM's 3 posted interrupt vectors are still
> defined conditionally in irq_vectors.h.  In the tree that FRED support was
> developed on, this is innocuous because CONFIG_HAVE_KVM was effectively
> always set.  With the cleanups that recently went into the KVM tree to
> remove CONFIG_HAVE_KVM, the conditional became IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KVM).
> This causes a linux-next compilation failure in FRED code, when
> CONFIG_KVM=n.
> 
> In preparation for the merging of FRED in Linux 6.9, define the interrupt
> vector numbers unconditionally.
> 
> Cc: x86@...nel.org
> Reported-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
> Suggested-by: Xin Li (Intel) <xin@...or.com>
> Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> ---
>   arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h | 2 --
>   1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h
> index 3f73ac3ed3a0..d18bfb238f66 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h
> @@ -84,11 +84,9 @@
>   #define HYPERVISOR_CALLBACK_VECTOR	0xf3
>   
>   /* Vector for KVM to deliver posted interrupt IPI */
> -#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KVM)
>   #define POSTED_INTR_VECTOR		0xf2
>   #define POSTED_INTR_WAKEUP_VECTOR	0xf1
>   #define POSTED_INTR_NESTED_VECTOR	0xf0
> -#endif
>   
>   #define MANAGED_IRQ_SHUTDOWN_VECTOR	0xef
>   

Thank you very much!
     Xin