Re: [RFC] create a single workqueue for each vm to update vm irq routing table

Paolo Bonzini
2013-11-26T12:47:29Z

Il 26/11/2013 13:40, Zhanghaoyu (A) ha scritto:
> When guest set irq smp_affinity, VMEXIT occurs, then the vcpu thread will IOCTL return to QEMU from hypervisor, then vcpu thread ask the hypervisor to update the irq routing table,
> in kvm_set_irq_routing, synchronize_rcu is called, current vcpu thread is blocked for so much time to wait RCU grace period, and during this period, this vcpu cannot provide service to VM,
> so those interrupts delivered to this vcpu cannot be handled in time, and the apps running on this vcpu cannot be serviced too.
> It's unacceptable in some real-time scenario, e.g. telecom.
>
> So, I want to create a single workqueue for each VM, to asynchronously performing the RCU synchronization for irq routing table,
> and let the vcpu thread return and VMENTRY to service VM immediately, no more need to blocked to wait RCU grace period.
> And, I have implemented a raw patch, took a test in our telecom environment, above problem disappeared.

I don't think a workqueue is even needed. You just need to use call_rcu
to free "old" after releasing kvm->irq_lock.

What do you think?

Paolo