Re: [PART1 RFC v2 06/10] svm: Add interrupt injection via AVIC

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Hi,

On 03/09/2016 06:10 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
+
>>>+	if (vcpu->mode == IN_GUEST_MODE) {
>>>+		wrmsrl(SVM_AVIC_DOORBELL,
>>>+		       __default_cpu_present_to_apicid(vcpu->cpu));
>>>+	} else {
>>>+		kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
>>>+	}
>> >
>And what about
>   [...]
>   else if (!vcpu->...->is_running)
>   	kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
>
>?
>The kick isn't needed unless the VCPU is scheduled out.
>Or maybe just
>   if (vcpu->...->is_running)
>     wrmsrl()
>   else
>     kvm_vcpu_kick();
>?
>Which doesn't use the information we have on top AVIC, making our logic
>a bit simpler.
Yes, both of this should work.  I like the latter.

Ok, I'll modify this to check the is_running bit of the AVIC Physical APIC ID table entry to determine if we should kick vcpu.

Thanks,
Suravee
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