Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] x86: Enable ack interrupt on vmexit

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On 11/22/2012 05:22 PM, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 04:09:38PM +0800, Yang Zhang wrote:
>> Ack interrupt on vmexit is required by Posted Interrupt. With it,
>> when external interrupt caused vmexit, the cpu will acknowledge the
>> interrupt controller and save the interrupt's vector in vmcs.
>> 
>> There are several approaches to enable it. This patch uses a simply
>> way: re-generate an interrupt via self ipi.
>> 
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> index 7949d21..f6ef090 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> @@ -2525,7 +2525,8 @@ static __init int setup_vmcs_config(struct vmcs_config *vmcs_conf)
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
>>  	min |= VM_EXIT_HOST_ADDR_SPACE_SIZE;
>>  #endif
>> -	opt = VM_EXIT_SAVE_IA32_PAT | VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_PAT;
>> +	opt = VM_EXIT_SAVE_IA32_PAT | VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_PAT |
>> +		VM_EXIT_ACK_INTR_ON_EXIT;
> Always? Do it only if posted interrupts are actually available
> and going to be used.

Why not always?  Better to have a single code path for host interrupts
(and as Yang notes, the new path is faster as well).



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