RE: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Sync the pending Posted-Interrupts

From: Kang, Luwei
Date: Mon Jan 28 2019 - 01:18:02 EST


> > Some Posted-Interrupts from passthrough devices may be lost or
> > overwritten when the vCPU is in runnable state.
> >
> > The SN (Suppress Notification) of PID (Posted Interrupt Descriptor)
> > will be set when the vCPU is preempted (vCPU in KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE
> > state but not running on physical CPU). If a posted interrupt coming
> > at this time, the irq remmaping facility will set the bit of PIR
> > (Posted Interrupt Requests) but ON (Outstanding Notification).
>
> s/but ON/and ON is set too/?

Sorry. If the interrupt remapping facility received a interrupt from device but the current SN bit is 1, the remapping facility will not set ON and not send notification event to CPU, just set the corresponding bit of PIR.

Thanks,
Luwei Kang

> > So this interrupt can't be sync to APIC virtualization register and
> > will not be handled by Guest because ON is zero.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Luwei Kang <luwei.kang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c index
> > f6915f1..820a03b 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > @@ -6048,7 +6048,7 @@ static int vmx_sync_pir_to_irr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > bool max_irr_updated;
> >
> > WARN_ON(!vcpu->arch.apicv_active);
> > - if (pi_test_on(&vmx->pi_desc)) {
> > + if (!bitmap_empty((unsigned long *)vmx->pi_desc.pir, NR_VECTORS)) {
> > pi_clear_on(&vmx->pi_desc);
> > /*
> > * IOMMU can write to PIR.ON, so the barrier matters even on UP.