Re: [PATCH 0/3] KVM: lapic: optimize injection of already-expired timer

From: Wanpeng Li
Date: Thu Jun 29 2017 - 21:30:26 EST


2017-06-30 0:58 GMT+08:00 Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> This is my take on Wanpeng's optimization, whose effect I've now measured
> with vmexit.flat. Indeed, without patch 3 the new tscdeadline_immed
> benchmark is 50% slower with preemption_timer=1 than with preemption_timer=0.
>
> Patch 1 refactors start_hv_timer to prepare for the next one and to
> simplify Wanpeng's patch (a lot). Patch 2 avoids a bug that I didn't
> catch in my earlier review: kvm_x86_ops->set_timer must not be called
> directly when the TSC goes backwards.
>

The patchset looks good to me and thanks for the benchmark.

Regards,
Wanpeng Li

>
> Paolo Bonzini (2):
> KVM: lapic: reorganize start_hv_timer
> KVM: lapic: reorganize restart_apic_timer
>
> Wanpeng Li (1):
> KVM: LAPIC: Fix lapic timer injection delay
>
> arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 116 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
> arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 3 +-
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 8 ++--
> 4 files changed, 71 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>