Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Convert INIT and SIPI signals into synchronously handled events

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On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 01:46:53PM +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> On 2013-03-12 13:29, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > Il 12/03/2013 13:06, Paolo Bonzini ha scritto:
> >>> @@ -6178,7 +6177,13 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_get_mpstate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> >>>  int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_mpstate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> >>>  				    struct kvm_mp_state *mp_state)
> >>>  {
> >>> -	vcpu->arch.mp_state = mp_state->mp_state;
> >>> +	if (mp_state->mp_state == KVM_MP_STATE_SIPI_RECEIVED) {
> >>> +		if (!kvm_vcpu_has_lapic(vcpu))
> >>> +			return -EINVAL;
> >>> +		vcpu->arch.mp_state = KVM_MP_STATE_INIT_RECEIVED;
> >>> +		set_bit(KVM_APIC_SIPI, &vcpu->arch.apic->pending_events);
> >>> +	} else
> >>> +		vcpu->arch.mp_state = mp_state->mp_state;
> >>
> >> Should INIT_RECEIVED also be invalid without an in-kernel LAPIC?
> > 
> > And since migration was brought up yesterday, do we need an interface to
> > retrieve and set this?
> > 
> > And should KVM_GET/SET_VCPU_EVENTS use the new sipi_vector in the APIC
> > rather than the old one?
> 
> I hope not. The idea is that the APIC events are processed before the
> migration completes. Translating events on get_mpstate should ensure this.
> 
But when you will add nested support it will not be that simple, so as
part of migration with nested guests we will have to transfer
pending_events too instead of processing then on (set|get)_mpstate.

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			Gleb.
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