Re: [PATCH 3/5] kvm: kick vcpu when async_pf is resolved

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On 12/02/2016 09:47 AM, Roman Kagan wrote:
> When async_pf is ready the guest needs to be made aware of it ASAP,
> because it may be holding off a higher priority task pending the
> async_pf resolution in favor of a lower priority one.
> 
> In case async_pf's are harvested in vcpu context (x86) we have to not
> only wake the vcpu up but kick it into host.
> 
> While at this, also replace the open-coded vcpu wakeup by the existing
> helper.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Roman Kagan <rkagan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  virt/kvm/async_pf.c | 7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/async_pf.c b/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
> index 9cced14..5f0a66c 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/async_pf.c
> @@ -105,8 +105,11 @@ static void async_pf_execute(struct work_struct *work)
>  	 * This memory barrier pairs with prepare_to_wait's set_current_state()
>  	 */
>  	smp_mb();
> -	if (swait_active(&vcpu->wq))
> -		swake_up(&vcpu->wq);
> +#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ASYNC_PF_SYNC
> +	kvm_vcpu_wake_up(vcpu);
> +#else
> +	kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
> +#endif

This will break s390, both functions are disabled for s390.
On s390 do not want to kick the CPU for a completion. Instead we implement
the kvm_async_page_present_sync call above and handle completion via an 
"pfault done" interrupt via the normal interrupt delivery.

> 
>  	mmput(mm);
>  	kvm_put_kvm(vcpu->kvm);
> 

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