[RFC -v2 PATCH 1/3] kvm: keep track of which task is running a KVM vcpu

Rik van Riel
2010-12-14T03:45:58Z

Keep track of which task is running a KVM vcpu. This helps us
figure out later what task to wake up if we want to boost a
vcpu that got preempted.

Unfortunately there are no guarantees that the same task
always keeps the same vcpu, so we can only track the task
across a single "run" of the vcpu.

Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
---
- move vcpu->task manipulation as suggested by Chris Wright

include/linux/kvm_host.h | 1 +
virt/kvm/kvm_main.c | 2 ++
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index a055742..180085b 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu {
#endif
int vcpu_id;
struct mutex mutex;
+ struct task_struct *task;
int cpu;
atomic_t guest_mode;
struct kvm_run *run;
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 5225052..c95bad1 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2248,6 +2248,7 @@ static void kvm_sched_in(struct preempt_notifier *pn, int cpu)
{
struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = preempt_notifier_to_vcpu(pn);

+ vcpu->task = NULL;
kvm_arch_vcpu_load(vcpu, cpu);
}

@@ -2256,6 +2257,7 @@ static void kvm_sched_out(struct preempt_notifier *pn,
{
struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = preempt_notifier_to_vcpu(pn);

+ vcpu->task = current;
kvm_arch_vcpu_put(vcpu);
}