linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v2 10/13] x86/irq: Extend checks for pending vectors to posted interrupts

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Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 03:47:48 +0000
From: "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@...el.com>
To: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>
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Subject: RE: [PATCH v2 10/13] x86/irq: Extend checks for pending vectors to
 posted interrupts

> From: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>
> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2024 2:24 AM
> 
> Hi Kevin,
> 
> On Fri, 12 Apr 2024 09:25:57 +0000, "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@...el.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > > From: Jacob Pan <jacob.jun.pan@...ux.intel.com>
> > > Sent: Saturday, April 6, 2024 6:31 AM
> > >
> > > During interrupt affinity change, it is possible to have interrupts
> > > delivered to the old CPU after the affinity has changed to the new one.
> > > To prevent lost interrupts, local APIC IRR is checked on the old CPU.
> > > Similar checks must be done for posted MSIs given the same reason.
> > >
> > > Consider the following scenario:
> > > 	Device		system agent		iommu
> > > 	memory CPU/LAPIC
> > > 1	FEEX_XXXX
> > > 2			Interrupt request
> > > 3						Fetch IRTE	->
> > > 4						->Atomic Swap
> > > PID.PIR(vec) Push to Global
> > > Observable(GO)
> > > 5						if (ON*)
> > > 	i						done;*
> >
> > there is a stray 'i'
> will fix, thanks
> 
> >
> > > 						else
> > > 6							send a
> > > notification ->
> > >
> > > * ON: outstanding notification, 1 will suppress new notifications
> > >
> > > If the affinity change happens between 3 and 5 in IOMMU, the old CPU's
> > > posted
> > > interrupt request (PIR) could have pending bit set for the vector being
> > > moved.
> >
> > how could affinity change be possible in 3/4 when the cache line is
> > locked by IOMMU? Strictly speaking it's about a change after 4 and
> > before 6.
> SW can still perform affinity change on IRTE and do the flushing on IR
> cache after IOMMU fectched it (step 3). They are async events.
> 
> In step 4, the atomic swap is on the PID cacheline, not IRTE.
> 

yeah, I mixed IRTE with PID.