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From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
To: Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv5 5/5] kvm: host side for eoi optimization
Date: Thu, 31 May 2012 17:52:20 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120531145219.GA20290@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120531101513.GO2311@redhat.com>

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 01:15:13PM +0300, Gleb Natapov wrote:
> > > > +	    /* Cache not set: safe but we don't bother. */
> > > > +	    unlikely(apic->isr_cache == -1) ||
> > > > +	    /* Need EOI to update ioapic. */
> > > > +	    unlikely(kvm_ioapic_handles_vector(vcpu->kvm, apic->isr_cache)))
> > > > +		return;
> > > > +
> > > > +	pv_eoi_set_pending(apic->vcpu);
> > > > +}
> > > > +
> > > apic_sync_pv_eoi_to_guest() is not paired with
> > > apic_sync_pv_eoi_from_guest() if event injection is canceled.
> > > You can enter guest with stale pv_eoi bit.
> > 
> > Never. The pv_eoi bit is cleared on each exit.
> There will be no exit since there will be no entry. Search for
> "goto out" after kvm_lapic_sync_to_vapic().

I think you've found a bug, thanks a bunch.
I have fixed it but the x86 guys asked me not to
post more patches until merge window closes :(
So I'll sit on a fix for several days.

      reply	other threads:[~2012-05-31 14:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-05-22 14:05 [PATCHv5 0/5] apic: eoi optimization support Michael S. Tsirkin
2012-05-22 14:05 ` [PATCHv5 1/5] kvm_para: guest side for eoi avoidance Michael S. Tsirkin
2012-05-22 14:05 ` [PATCHv5 2/5] x86/bitops: note on __test_and_clear_bit atomicity Michael S. Tsirkin
2012-05-22 14:05 ` [PATCHv5 3/5] kvm: eoi msi documentation Michael S. Tsirkin
2012-05-22 14:05 ` [PATCHv5 4/5] kvm: only sync when attention bits set Michael S. Tsirkin
2012-05-22 14:05 ` [PATCHv5 5/5] kvm: host side for eoi optimization Michael S. Tsirkin
2012-05-31  9:57   ` Gleb Natapov
2012-05-31 10:11     ` Michael S. Tsirkin
2012-05-31 10:15       ` Gleb Natapov
2012-05-31 14:52         ` Michael S. Tsirkin [this message]

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