From: Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
To: "Liu, Jinsong" <jinsong.liu@intel.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Alexey Zaytsev <alexey.zaytsev@gmail.com>,
Kernel development list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>,
Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>,
"Garrett D'Amore" <garrett@nexenta.com>
Subject: Re: [Regression, bisected] a3e06bbe8445f57eb949e6474c5a9b30f24d2057: KVM: emulate lapic tsc deadline timer for guest"
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:18:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4EF1A454.8070503@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BC00F5384FCFC9499AF06F92E8B78A9E289048786F@shsmsx502.ccr.corp.intel.com>
On 12/20/2011 09:21 PM, Liu, Jinsong wrote:
> Yes, my fault to say 'walk around' before knowing Alex's issue clearly.
>
> After Alex send his last email to clarify the situation, I have checked the bug.
> Basically it caused from
> 1. qemu didn't issue KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, hence irqchip_in_kernel(kvm) fail when setup vcpu lapic logic at kvm_arch_vcpu_init();
> 2. tsc deadline work based on vcpu lapic, hence break illumos;
>
> A fix is to update cpuid, as you said, setting it after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP.
Wait, qemu set up a vcpu with TSC deadline timer in cpuid, but with
userspace apic? Then it was clearly lying, since qemu doesn't implement
the TSC deadline timer.
> I just wonder is there any better solution? so I ask Alex his environment to setup at my side to do more test.
> If you think kvm tsc deadline timer patch itself not clean, please tell me.
>
Alexey, did you use -cpu host?
--
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-21 9:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-12 0:32 [Regression, bisected] a3e06bbe8445f57eb949e6474c5a9b30f24d2057: KVM: emulate lapic tsc deadline timer for guest" Alexey Zaytsev
2011-12-12 6:13 ` Liu, Jinsong
2011-12-14 9:37 ` Alexey Zaytsev
2011-12-20 8:43 ` Alexey Zaytsev
2011-12-20 8:53 ` Liu, Jinsong
2011-12-20 8:58 ` Alexey Zaytsev
2011-12-20 9:26 ` Liu, Jinsong
2011-12-20 9:48 ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-20 9:51 ` Alexey Zaytsev
2011-12-20 18:58 ` Linus Torvalds
2011-12-20 19:21 ` Liu, Jinsong
2011-12-20 19:47 ` Alexey Zaytsev
2011-12-20 20:19 ` Liu, Jinsong
2011-12-20 20:22 ` Alexey Zaytsev
2011-12-20 20:26 ` Liu, Jinsong
2011-12-20 20:36 ` Alexey Zaytsev
2011-12-20 20:44 ` Liu, Jinsong
2011-12-21 9:18 ` Avi Kivity [this message]
2011-12-20 23:04 ` Jan Kiszka
2011-12-21 10:10 ` [PATCH] KVM: x86: Prevent exposing TSC deadline timer feature in the absence of in-kernel APIC Jan Kiszka
2011-12-21 10:25 ` [PATCH v2] " Jan Kiszka
2011-12-21 10:35 ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-21 10:41 ` Jan Kiszka
2011-12-21 10:44 ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-21 11:28 ` Jan Kiszka
2011-12-21 11:28 ` Jan Kiszka
2011-12-21 11:45 ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-21 11:45 ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-21 11:58 ` Jan Kiszka
2011-12-21 11:58 ` Jan Kiszka
2011-12-21 12:02 ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-21 12:02 ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-22 15:41 ` Liu, Jinsong
2011-12-25 12:37 ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-25 12:37 ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-26 8:11 ` Liu, Jinsong
2011-12-26 11:35 ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-26 11:35 ` Avi Kivity
2011-12-26 14:23 ` Liu, Jinsong
2011-12-21 10:41 ` Alexey Zaytsev
2011-12-20 19:05 ` [Regression, bisected] a3e06bbe8445f57eb949e6474c5a9b30f24d2057: KVM: emulate lapic tsc deadline timer for guest" Liu, Jinsong
2011-12-21 9:20 ` Avi Kivity
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