RE: [PATCH v5 0/3] x86, apicv: Add APIC virtualization support

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Gleb Natapov wrote on 2012-12-11:
> Are you going to send the patch that removes non working PIT interrupt
> redirection hack, or should I do it?
Sure. I will do it.

> On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 03:20:37PM +0800, Yang Zhang wrote:
>> From: Yang Zhang <yang.z.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
>> 
>> APIC virtualization is a new feature which can eliminate most of VM exit
>> when vcpu handle a interrupt:
>> 
>> APIC register virtualization:
>>         APIC read access doesn't cause APIC-access VM exits.
>>         APIC write becomes trap-like.
>> Virtual interrupt delivery:
>>         Virtual interrupt delivery avoids KVM to inject vAPIC interrupts
>>         manually, which is fully taken care of by the hardware.
>> Please refer to Intel SDM volume 3, chapter 29 for more details.
>> 
>> Changes v4 to v5:
>>  * Set eoi exit bitmap when an interrupt has notifier registered.
>>  * Use request to track ioapic entry's modification.
>>  * Rebased on top of KVM upstream.
>> Changes v3 to v4:
>>  * use one option to control both register virtualization and virtual interrupt
>>    delivery.
>>  * Update eoi exit bitmap when programing ioapic or programing apic's
>>  id/dfr/ldr. * Rebased on top of KVM upstream.
>> Changes v2 to v3:
>>  * Drop Posted Interrupt patch from v3.
>>    According Gleb's suggestion, we will use global vector for all VCPUs
>>    as notification event vector. So we will rewrite the Posted
>>    Interrupt patch. And resend it
> later.
>>  * Use TMR to set the eoi exiting bitmap. We only want to set eoi exiting
> bitmap for
>>    those interrupt which is level trigger or has notifier in EOI write
>>    path. So TMR is enough to distinguish the interrupt trigger mode.
>>  * Simplify some code according Gleb's comments.
>>  * rebased on top of KVM upstream.
>> Changes v1 to v2:
>>  * Add Posted Interrupt support in this series patch.
>>  * Since there is a notifer hook in vAPIC EOI for PIT interrupt. So always Set PIT
>>    interrupt in eoi exit bitmap to force vmexit when EOI to interrupt.
>>  * Rebased on top of KVM upstream
>> Yang Zhang (3):
>>   x86, apicv: add APICv register virtualization support
>>   x86, apicv: add virtual interrupt delivery support
>>   x86, apicv: add virtual x2apic support
>>  arch/ia64/kvm/lapic.h           |    6 ++
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h |    5 + arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h   
>>    |   13 +++ arch/x86/kvm/irq.c              |   76 ++++++++++++----
>>  arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c            |  114 +++++++++++++++++++++--
>>  arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h            |   11 +++ arch/x86/kvm/svm.c         
>>      |   25 +++++ arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c              |  191
>>  +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- arch/x86/kvm/x86.c            
>>   |   18 +++-- include/linux/kvm_host.h        |    2 +
>>  virt/kvm/ioapic.c               |   35 +++++++ virt/kvm/ioapic.h      
>>          |    1 + virt/kvm/irq_comm.c             |   18 ++++ 13 files
>>  changed, 474 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)
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> --
> 			Gleb.


Best regards,
Yang

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