RE: [PATCH v7 2/3] x86, apicv: add virtual interrupt delivery support

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Gleb Natapov wrote on 2012-12-27:
> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 03:32:47AM +0000, Zhang, Yang Z wrote:
>> Marcelo Tosatti wrote on 2012-12-21:
>>> On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 01:30:49PM +0800, Yang Zhang wrote:
>>>> From: Yang Zhang <yang.z.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> 
>>>> @@ -3925,6 +3942,15 @@ static int vmx_vcpu_setup(struct vcpu_vmx
> *vmx)
>>>>  				vmx_secondary_exec_control(vmx));
>>>>  	}
>>>> +	if (enable_apicv_reg_vid) {
>>>> +		vmcs_write64(EOI_EXIT_BITMAP0, 0);
>>>> +		vmcs_write64(EOI_EXIT_BITMAP1, 0);
>>>> +		vmcs_write64(EOI_EXIT_BITMAP2, 0);
>>>> +		vmcs_write64(EOI_EXIT_BITMAP3, 0);
>>>> +
>>>> +		vmcs_write16(GUEST_INTR_STATUS, 0);
>>>> +	}
>>> 
>>> AFAICS SVI should be regenerated on migration. Consider:
>>> 
>>> 1. vintr delivery, sets SVI = vector = RVI.
>>> 2. clears RVI.
>>> 3. migration.
>>> 4. RVI properly set from VIRR on entry.
>>> 5. SVI = 0.
>>> 6. EOI -> EOI virtualization with SVI = 0.
>>> 
>>> Could hook into kvm_apic_post_state_restore() to do that (set highest
>>> index of bit set in VISR).
>> Ok. How about to make a request(KVM_REQ_UPDATE_SVI) and handle it in
>> vmentry to set highest index of bit in VISR to RVI.
>> 
> Just do it in kvm_apic_post_state_restore() directly, no need to do
> a request.
What you mean "do it directly". Since we are not in target vcpu's context, we cannot access vmcs at this point. We still need a request or variable to indicate the migration happened.

Best regards,
Yang


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