To eliminate dispatching IRQ through the IDT, export external_interrupt()
for VMX IRQ reinjection.
Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin3.li@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h | 2 ++
arch/x86/kernel/traps.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h
index 46f5e4e2a346..da4c21ed68b4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/traps.h
@@ -56,4 +56,6 @@ void __noreturn handle_stack_overflow(struct pt_regs *regs,
void f (struct pt_regs *regs)
typedef DECLARE_SYSTEM_INTERRUPT_HANDLER((*system_interrupt_handler));
+int external_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int vector);
+
#endif /* _ASM_X86_TRAPS_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index 31ad645be2fb..cebba1f49e19 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -1540,6 +1540,20 @@ int external_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int vector)
return 0;
}
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KVM_INTEL)
+/*
+ * KVM VMX reinjects IRQ on its current stack, it's a sync call
+ * thus the values in the pt_regs structure are not used in
+ * executing IRQ handlers, except cs.RPL and flags.IF, which
+ * are both always 0 in the VMX IRQ reinjection context.
+ *
+ * However, the pt_regs structure is sometimes used in stack
+ * dump, e.g., show_regs(). So let the caller, i.e., KVM VMX
+ * decide how to initialize the input pt_regs structure.
+ */
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(external_interrupt);
+#endif
+
void __init trap_init(void)
{
/* Init cpu_entry_area before IST entries are set up */
--
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