Re: [PATCH v5 2/5] KVM: VMX: Register a new IPI for posted interrupt

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* Yang Zhang <yang.z.zhang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c
> index 6e03b0d..2329a54 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c
> @@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ static void __init apic_intr_init(void)
>  
>  	/* IPI for X86 platform specific use */
>  	alloc_intr_gate(X86_PLATFORM_IPI_VECTOR, x86_platform_ipi);
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM
> +	/* IPI for KVM to deliver posted interrupt */
> +	alloc_intr_gate(POSTED_INTR_VECTOR, kvm_posted_intr_ipi);
> +#endif

Please avoid wasting an IDT entry by reusing x86_platform_ipi.

A KVM guest is in essence one type of 'x86 platform', and this callback is used by 
hardware platforms, so collision is not an issue AFAICS.

Thanks,

	Ingo
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