From: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@linux.ibm.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>, Yi Wang <up2wing@gmail.com>,
seanjc@google.com, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com,
bp@alien8.de, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, x86@kernel.org,
hpa@zytor.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
wanpengli@tencent.com, foxywang@tencent.com,
oliver.upton@linux.dev, maz@kernel.org, anup@brainfault.org,
atishp@atishpatra.org, frankja@linux.ibm.com,
imbrenda@linux.ibm.com, weijiang.yang@intel.com
Subject: Re: [v5 1/3] KVM: setup empty irq routing when create vm
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:26:34 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4a6c794e-ee67-4615-880c-130dddfdaccf@linux.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <57d1130f-0375-4934-9820-2edbc3860ee1@redhat.com>
Am 17.04.26 um 12:19 schrieb Paolo Bonzini:
> On 4/17/26 11:36, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> irq_rt = srcu_dereference_check(kvm->irq_routing, &kvm- >irq_srcu,
>>> lockdep_is_held(&kvm- >irq_lock));
>>> if (irq_rt && gsi < irq_rt->nr_rt_entries) { <---------
>>>
>> Hmm, I guess I misread the code and the problem is likely not this.
>> Let me have another look.
>
> It makes sense anyway, together with a similar extra element in
> kvm_set_irq_routing():
Yes, it should certainly avoid some cycles in some cases.
Let me try to understand what exactly triggered the increases system time after
the original patch and then I will send some patches.
>
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/irqchip.c b/virt/kvm/irqchip.c
> index 462c70621247..c3e4fbbfed94 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/irqchip.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/irqchip.c
> @@ -178,11 +178,9 @@ int kvm_set_irq_routing(struct kvm *kvm,
> for (i = 0; i < nr; ++i) {
> if (ue[i].gsi >= KVM_MAX_IRQ_ROUTES)
> return -EINVAL;
> - nr_rt_entries = max(nr_rt_entries, ue[i].gsi);
> + nr_rt_entries = max(nr_rt_entries + 1, ue[i].gsi);
> }
>
> - nr_rt_entries += 1;
> -
> new = kzalloc_flex(*new, map, nr_rt_entries, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
> if (!new)
> return -ENOMEM;
> @@ -246,11 +244,11 @@ int kvm_init_irq_routing(struct kvm *kvm)
> struct kvm_irq_routing_table *new;
> int chip_size;
>
> - new = kzalloc_flex(*new, map, 1, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
> + new = kzalloc_flex(*new, map, 0, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
> if (!new)
> return -ENOMEM;
>
> - new->nr_rt_entries = 1;
> + new->nr_rt_entries = 0;
>
> chip_size = sizeof(int) * KVM_NR_IRQCHIPS * KVM_IRQCHIP_NUM_PINS;
> memset(new->chip, -1, chip_size);
>
> Paolo
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-17 10:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-05-06 10:17 [v5 0/3] KVM: irqchip: synchronize srcu only if needed Yi Wang
2024-05-06 10:17 ` [v5 1/3] KVM: setup empty irq routing when create vm Yi Wang
2024-05-06 11:41 ` Christian Borntraeger
2026-04-17 8:19 ` Christian Borntraeger
2026-04-17 9:36 ` Christian Borntraeger
2026-04-17 10:19 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-17 10:26 ` Christian Borntraeger [this message]
2024-05-06 10:17 ` [v5 2/3] KVM: x86: don't setup empty irq routing when KVM_CAP_SPLIT_IRQCHIP Yi Wang
2024-06-11 0:25 ` Sean Christopherson
2024-06-11 1:54 ` Yi Wang
2024-05-06 10:17 ` [v5 3/3] KVM: s390: don't setup dummy routing when KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP Yi Wang
2024-05-06 11:42 ` Christian Borntraeger
2024-06-10 16:19 ` Sean Christopherson
2024-06-11 11:53 ` Christian Borntraeger
2024-06-12 1:18 ` [v5 0/3] KVM: irqchip: synchronize srcu only if needed Sean Christopherson
2024-06-12 13:16 ` Yi Wang
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