On 05/16/2010 12:35 PM, Alexander Graf wrote:
So let me think this through. With remote interrupt injection we have.
* thread 1 does vcpu_run
* thread 2 triggers KVM_INTERRUPT on fd
* thread 2 signals thread 1 so we're sure the interrupt gets injected
* thread 1 exits into qemu
This doesn't seem necessary. The kernel can own the interrupt line, so it remembers it from the last KVM_INTERRUPT.
It's not?
With s/signals/IPIs/.
On signals we always exit to userspace, no?
Yes (if the signal isn't blocked).
* thread 1 goes back into the vcpu, triggering an interrupt
Without we have:
* thread 1 does vcpu_run
* thread 2 wants to trigger an an interrupt, sets the qemu internal bit
* thread 2 signals thread 1 so we're sure the interrupt gets processed
* thread 1 exits into qemu
* thread 1 triggers KVM_INTERRUPT on fd
* thread 1 goes into the vcpu
So we don't really buy anything from doing the remote injection. Hrm.
Not if you make interrupt injection a lightweight exit.
Please elaborate.
1: vcpu_run
2: KVM_INTERRUPT
2k: sets flag, if msr.ee IPIs 1 or wakes up 1 if halted
1k: notices flag, if msr.ee injects interrupt
...
1g: acks
1k: forwards ack to userspace
1: completes interrupt
What's somewhat striking me here though is - why do we need KVM_INTERRUPT when there's all those kvm_run fields? Can't we just do interrupt injection by setting run->trigger_interrupt? There's only a single "interrupt line" on the CPU anyways. That way we'd save the ioctl and get rid of the locking problem altogether.
That's what x86 does. However, it's synchronous.
For everyone except for the vcpu thread executing the interrupt, it's asynchronous, right?
For everyone other than the vcpu thread, it's off limits. kvm_run is
only read on KVM_RUN entries and written on KVM_RUN exits.
The same applies to an in-kernel pic.
The in-kernel pic doesn't use kvm_run.
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