On 15/10/2015 19:39, David Matlack wrote: > But after spending more time reading the source code this morning I > found that kvm_vcpu_check_block() eventually calls into > vmx_sync_pir_to_irr(), which copies PIR to IRR and clears ON. And then > apic_find_highest_irr() detects the pending posted interrupt. Right. And related to this, Feng, can you check if this is still necessary on kvm/queue: @@ -6518,6 +6523,20 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) kvm_vcpu_reload_apic_access_page(vcpu); } + /* + * KVM_REQ_EVENT is not set when posted interrupts are set by + * VT-d hardware, so we have to update RVI unconditionally. + */ + if (kvm_lapic_enabled(vcpu)) { + /* + * Update architecture specific hints for APIC + * virtual interrupt delivery. + */ + if (kvm_x86_ops->hwapic_irr_update) + kvm_x86_ops->hwapic_irr_update(vcpu, + kvm_lapic_find_highest_irr(vcpu)); + } + if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_EVENT, vcpu) || req_int_win) { kvm_apic_accept_events(vcpu); if (vcpu->arch.mp_state == KVM_MP_STATE_INIT_RECEIVED) { @@ -6534,13 +6553,6 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) kvm_x86_ops->enable_irq_window(vcpu); if (kvm_lapic_enabled(vcpu)) { - /* - * Update architecture specific hints for APIC - * virtual interrupt delivery. - */ - if (kvm_x86_ops->hwapic_irr_update) - kvm_x86_ops->hwapic_irr_update(vcpu, - kvm_lapic_find_highest_irr(vcpu)); update_cr8_intercept(vcpu); kvm_lapic_sync_to_vapic(vcpu); } It may be obsolete now that we have the patch from Radim to set KVM_REQ_EVENT in vmx_sync_pir_to_irr (http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/2057138). Thanks, Paolo -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html