Re: [PATCH v2 4/7] KVM: avoid unnecessary wait for a async pf

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On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 05:01:28PM +0800, Xiao Guangrong wrote:
> In current code, it checks async pf completion out of the wait context,
> like this:
> 
> if (vcpu->arch.mp_state == KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE &&
> 		    !vcpu->arch.apf.halted)
> 			r = vcpu_enter_guest(vcpu);
> 		else {
> 			......
> 			kvm_vcpu_block(vcpu)
> 			 ^- waiting until 'async_pf.done' is not empty
> }
> 	
> kvm_check_async_pf_completion(vcpu)
>  ^- delete list from async_pf.done
> 
> So, if we check aysnc pf completion first, it can be blocked at
> kvm_vcpu_block
> 
> Fixed by mark the vcpu is unhalted in kvm_check_async_pf_completion()
> path
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Gleb Natapov <gleb@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c |    1 +
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 9b543f4..4da8485 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -6280,6 +6280,7 @@ void kvm_arch_async_page_present(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>  		vcpu->arch.fault.address = work->arch.token;
>  		kvm_inject_page_fault(vcpu);
>  	}
> +	vcpu->arch.apf.halted = false;
>  }
>  
>  bool kvm_arch_can_inject_async_page_present(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> -- 
> 1.7.0.4

--
			Gleb.
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