[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH v3 04/10] qemu-kvm: Clean up mpstate synchronization

[Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de>]

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Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 03:17:52PM +0100, Jan Kiszka wrote:
>> Push mpstate reading/writing into kvm_arch_load/save_regs and, on x86,
>> properly synchronize with halted in the accessor functions.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
> 
>> @@ -1290,6 +1318,7 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vcpu(CPUState *cenv)
>>  #ifdef KVM_EXIT_TPR_ACCESS
>>      kvm_tpr_vcpu_start(cenv);
>>  #endif
>> +    kvm_reset_mpstate(cenv);
>>      return 0;
>>  }
>>  
>> @@ -1363,15 +1392,10 @@ void kvm_arch_cpu_reset(CPUState *env)
>>  {
>>      kvm_arch_reset_vcpu(env);
>>      kvm_put_vcpu_events(env);
>> -    if (!cpu_is_bsp(env)) {
>> -	if (kvm_irqchip_in_kernel()) {
>> -#ifdef KVM_CAP_MP_STATE
>> -	    kvm_reset_mpstate(env);
>> -#endif
>> -	} else {
>> -	    env->interrupt_request &= ~CPU_INTERRUPT_HARD;
>> -	    env->halted = 1;
>> -	}
>> +    kvm_reset_mpstate(env);
>> +    if (!cpu_is_bsp(env) && !kvm_irqchip_in_kernel()) {
>> +        env->interrupt_request &= ~CPU_INTERRUPT_HARD;
>> +        env->halted = 1;
>>      }
>>  }
> 
> Why are these two needed? Now that initialization of mp_state 
> happens via synchronize_state(init/reset) -> arch_load_regs?

Maybe correct. env->halted is also reset on load, not sure about the
interrupt_request reset impact yet. This is (or at least was) hairy
stuff, /me has to sleep about it again.

Jan


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