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

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* Gleb Natapov <gleb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 02:26:25PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > 
> > * 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.
> 
> This is IPI send by a host though.

But received on the guest side, right?

Thanks,

	Ingo
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