From: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
To: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: imbrenda@linux.ibm.com, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, pasic@linux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] KVM: s390: Improve floating IRQ injection behavior
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2026 14:34:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <212bee82-346c-4c29-96ac-bcfb51b32bba@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260819190408.247843-2-frankja@linux.ibm.com>
Am 19.08.26 um 20:41 schrieb Janosch Frank:
> Floating IRQs can be handled by any VCPU that opened its masks. The
> current design does not check if the mask is open when a floating IRQ
> is injected via the FLIC. It will wakeup the last VCPU that went
> sleeping hoping it's the correct one.
>
> Improve this by checking if the VCPU has pending IRQs and if not try
> to find another VCPU which can take the IRQ.
I think I misread this multiple times. with "has pending IRQs" you
actually mean: after the inject the new pending interrupt is actually
deliverable on that cpu, correct?
>
> This is not the final fix around this topic but we'll eventually
> inject a pending IRQ. The current code can easily deadlock a VM and
> with this fix we work around that.
>
> Signed-off-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
> arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c | 86 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
> 1 file changed, 66 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c b/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c
> index 8f24bcd1a6d3..3af060ec5be8 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c
> @@ -1915,49 +1915,93 @@ static int __inject_io(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_s390_interrupt_info *inti)
> return 0;
> }
>
> +static u64 inti_to_irq_pend_mask(u64 type, int isc)
> +{
> + switch (type) {
> + case KVM_S390_MCHK:
> + /* Only repressible machine checks are floating */
> + return BIT(IRQ_PEND_MCHK_REP);
> + case KVM_S390_INT_VIRTIO:
> + return BIT(IRQ_PEND_VIRTIO);
> + case KVM_S390_INT_SERVICE:
> + return BIT(IRQ_PEND_EXT_SERVICE) |
> + BIT(IRQ_PEND_EXT_SERVICE_EV);
> + case KVM_S390_INT_PFAULT_DONE:
> + return BIT(IRQ_PEND_PFAULT_DONE);
> + case KVM_S390_INT_IO_MIN...KVM_S390_INT_IO_MAX:
> + return isc_to_irq_type(isc);
> + default:
> + return 0;
> + }
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Setup intervention masks to catch running vcpus that hopefully open
> + * their masks soonish and kick sleeping vcpus to motivate them to
> + * take IRQs.
> + */
> +static void vcpu_intervention_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 type)
> +{
> + /* make the VCPU drop out of the SIE, or wake it up if sleeping */
> + switch (type) {
> + case KVM_S390_MCHK:
> + kvm_s390_set_cpuflags(vcpu, CPUSTAT_STOP_INT);
> + break;
> + case KVM_S390_INT_IO_MIN...KVM_S390_INT_IO_MAX:
> + if (!(type & KVM_S390_INT_IO_AI_MASK &&
> + vcpu->kvm->arch.gisa_int.origin) ||
> + kvm_s390_pv_cpu_get_handle(vcpu))
> + kvm_s390_set_cpuflags(vcpu, CPUSTAT_IO_INT);
> + break;
> + default:
> + kvm_s390_set_cpuflags(vcpu, CPUSTAT_EXT_INT);
> + break;
> + }
> + kvm_s390_vcpu_wakeup(vcpu);
> +}
> +
> /*
> * Find a destination VCPU for a floating irq and kick it.
> */
> -static void __floating_irq_kick(struct kvm *kvm, u64 type)
> +static void __floating_irq_kick(struct kvm *kvm, u64 type, int isc)
> {
> struct kvm_vcpu *dst_vcpu;
> int sigcpu, online_vcpus, nr_tries = 0;
> + u64 irq_pend_mask;
> + unsigned long i;
>
> online_vcpus = atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus);
> if (!online_vcpus)
> return;
>
> + irq_pend_mask = inti_to_irq_pend_mask(type, isc);
> for (sigcpu = kvm->arch.float_int.last_sleep_cpu; ; sigcpu++) {
> sigcpu %= online_vcpus;
> dst_vcpu = kvm_get_vcpu(kvm, sigcpu);
> - if (!is_vcpu_stopped(dst_vcpu))
> + if (!is_vcpu_stopped(dst_vcpu) &&
> + deliverable_irqs(dst_vcpu) & irq_pend_mask)
> break;
> /* avoid endless loops if all vcpus are stopped */
> - if (nr_tries++ >= online_vcpus)
> - return;
> + if (nr_tries++ >= online_vcpus * 2) {
> + dst_vcpu = NULL;
> + break;
> + }
> }
>
> - /* make the VCPU drop out of the SIE, or wake it up if sleeping */
> - switch (type) {
> - case KVM_S390_MCHK:
> - kvm_s390_set_cpuflags(dst_vcpu, CPUSTAT_STOP_INT);
> - break;
> - case KVM_S390_INT_IO_MIN...KVM_S390_INT_IO_MAX:
> - if (!(type & KVM_S390_INT_IO_AI_MASK &&
> - kvm->arch.gisa_int.origin) ||
> - kvm_s390_pv_cpu_get_handle(dst_vcpu))
> - kvm_s390_set_cpuflags(dst_vcpu, CPUSTAT_IO_INT);
> - break;
> - default:
> - kvm_s390_set_cpuflags(dst_vcpu, CPUSTAT_EXT_INT);
> - break;
> + /* Nobody was enabled, time to wake all of them */
> + if (!dst_vcpu) {
> + kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, dst_vcpu, kvm)
> + vcpu_intervention_kick(dst_vcpu, type);
> + return;
> }
> - kvm_s390_vcpu_wakeup(dst_vcpu);
> +
> + vcpu_intervention_kick(dst_vcpu, type);
> }
>
> static int __inject_vm(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_s390_interrupt_info *inti)
> {
> u64 type = READ_ONCE(inti->type);
> + int isc = -1;
> int rc;
>
> switch (type) {
> @@ -1974,6 +2018,8 @@ static int __inject_vm(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_s390_interrupt_info *inti)
> rc = __inject_pfault_done(kvm, inti);
> break;
> case KVM_S390_INT_IO_MIN...KVM_S390_INT_IO_MAX:
> + /* Grab isc here since __inject_io() might free inti */
> + isc = isc_to_irq_type(int_word_to_isc(inti->io.io_int_word));
> rc = __inject_io(kvm, inti);
> break;
> default:
> @@ -1982,7 +2028,7 @@ static int __inject_vm(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_s390_interrupt_info *inti)
> if (rc)
> return rc;
>
> - __floating_irq_kick(kvm, type);
> + __floating_irq_kick(kvm, type, isc);
> return 0;
> }
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-18 12:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-19 18:41 [PATCH v3 0/3] KVM: s390: Improve floating IRQ injection behavior Janosch Frank
2026-08-19 18:41 ` [PATCH v3 1/3] " Janosch Frank
2026-08-19 19:13 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-20 7:24 ` Janosch Frank
2026-09-18 12:34 ` Christian Borntraeger [this message]
2026-08-19 18:41 ` [PATCH v3 2/3] KVM: s390: Kick PV cpus at the right time for service irqs Janosch Frank
2026-08-19 19:19 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-19 18:41 ` [PATCH v3 3/3] KVM: s390: Add opportunistic floating IRQ injection Janosch Frank
2026-08-19 19:11 ` sashiko-bot
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