Re: [PATCH] x86/smp: Add irq_enter/exit() in smp_reschedule_interrupt()

From: Wanpeng Li
Date: Wed Oct 19 2016 - 10:30:48 EST


Cc Radim,
2016-10-19 22:10 GMT+08:00 Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>
> On 19/10/2016 16:01, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>> 2016-10-18 8:01 GMT+08:00 Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>> 2016-10-17 18:08 GMT+08:00 Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> [...]
>>>>>> Something like the below avoids all that. Paravirt will still need fixing.
>>>>>
>>>>> kvm_guest_apic_eoi_write
>>>>> -> native_apic_msr_write
>>>>
>>>> kvm_guest_apic_eoi_write can use native_apic_msr_eoi_write too:
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
>>>> index f5aaf6c83222..9769d76a62c4 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
>>>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/apic.h
>>>> @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static inline void disable_local_APIC(void) { }
>>>> static inline void lapic_update_tsc_freq(void) { }
>>>> #endif /* !CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC */
>>>>
>>>> -#ifdef CONFIG_X86_X2APIC
>>>> +#if defined CONFIG_X86_X2APIC || defined CONFIG_KVM_GUEST
>>>
>>> If CONFIG_X86_X2APIC is undefined and CONFIG_KVM_GUEST is defined,
>>> there are undefined reference warning for x2apic_mode and check_x2apic
>>> etc since they are extern variables and just define under
>>> CONFIG_X86_X2APIC.
>>

This results in undefined reference warning.

>>
>>>
>>> If -cpu host,-x2apic we should go through mmio when writes xapic EOI.
>>
>> Any ideas? :)
>
> Make apic_set_eoi_write return the old pointer?

Could you elaborate? :)

Regards,
Wanpeng Li