Re: [PATCH v2 09/12] KVM: s390: make kvm_s390_get_io_int() aware of GISA

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On Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:28:45 +0100
Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Michael Mueller <mimu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> The function returns a pending I/O interrupt with the highest
> priority defined by its ISC.
> 
> Together with AIV activation, pending adapter interrupts are
> managed by the GISA IPM. Thus kvm_s390_get_io_int() needs to
> inspect the IPM as well when the interrupt with the highest
> priority has to be identified.
> 
> In case classic and adapter interrupts with the same ISC are
> pending, the classic interrupt will be returned first.

Can this lead to starving? Consider a guest that never enables itself
for I/O interrupts, but collects pending interrupts via tpi. It will
always get the intis for an isc, but not the ai, wouldn't it?

> 
> Signed-off-by: Michael Mueller <mimu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Halil Pasic <pasic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c | 71 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 65 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
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