Re: [PATCH v5 16/23] irqchip/gic-v4.1: Eagerly vmap vPEs

From: Zenghui Yu
Date: Thu Mar 19 2020 - 22:31:39 EST


Hi Marc,

On 2020/3/19 18:55, Marc Zyngier wrote:
On 2020-03-17 02:49, Zenghui Yu wrote:
Hi Marc,

On 2020/3/5 4:33, Marc Zyngier wrote:
Now that we have HW-accelerated SGIs being delivered to VPEs, it
becomes required to map the VPEs on all ITSs instead of relying
on the lazy approach that we would use when using the ITS-list
mechanism.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>

Before GICv4.1, we use vlpi_count to evaluate whether the vPE has been
mapped on the specified ITS, and use this refcount to only issue VMOVP
to those involved ITSes. It's broken after this patch.

We may need to re-evaluate "whether the vPE is mapped" now that we're at
GICv4.1, otherwise *no* VMOVP will be issued on the v4.1 capable machine
(I mean those without single VMOVP support).

What I'm saying is something like below (only an idea, it even can't
compile), any thoughts?


diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
index 2e12bc52e3a2..3450b5e847ca 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@ static u16 get_its_list(struct its_vm *vm)
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ if (!is_v4(its))
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ continue;

-ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ if (vm->vlpi_count[its->list_nr])
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ if (vm->vlpi_count[its->list_nr] ||
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ gic_requires_eager_mapping())
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ __set_bit(its->list_nr, &its_list);
ÂÂÂÂ }

@@ -1295,7 +1296,8 @@ static void its_send_vmovp(struct its_vpe *vpe)
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ if (!is_v4(its))
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ continue;

-ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ if (!vpe->its_vm->vlpi_count[its->list_nr])
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ if (!vpe->its_vm->vlpi_count[its->list_nr] &&
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ !gic_requires_eager_mapping())
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ continue;

ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ desc.its_vmovp_cmd.col = &its->collections[col_id];

It took me a while to wrap my head around that one, but you're as usual spot on.

The use of gic_requires_eager_mapping() is a bit confusing here, as it isn't
so much that the VPE is eagerly mapped, but the predicate on which we evaluate
the need for a VMOVP. How about this:

diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
index cd6451e190c9..348f7a909a69 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3-its.c
@@ -189,6 +189,15 @@ static DEFINE_IDA(its_vpeid_ida);
Â#define gic_data_rdist_rd_base()ÂÂÂ (gic_data_rdist()->rd_base)
Â#define gic_data_rdist_vlpi_base()ÂÂÂ (gic_data_rdist_rd_base() + SZ_128K)

+/*
+ * Skip ITSs that have no vLPIs mapped, unless we're on GICv4.1, as we
+ * always have vSGIs mapped.
+ */
+static bool require_its_list_vmovp(struct its_vm *vm, struct its_node *its)
+{
+ÂÂÂ return (gic_rdists->has_rvpeid || vm->vlpi_count[its->list_nr]);
+}
+
Âstatic u16 get_its_list(struct its_vm *vm)
Â{
ÂÂÂÂ struct its_node *its;
@@ -198,7 +207,7 @@ static u16 get_its_list(struct its_vm *vm)
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ if (!is_v4(its))
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ continue;

-ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ if (vm->vlpi_count[its->list_nr])
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ if (require_its_list_vmovp(vm, its))
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ __set_bit(its->list_nr, &its_list);
ÂÂÂÂ }

@@ -1295,7 +1304,7 @@ static void its_send_vmovp(struct its_vpe *vpe)
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ if (!is_v4(its))
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ continue;

-ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ if (!vpe->its_vm->vlpi_count[its->list_nr])
+ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ if (!require_its_list_vmovp(vpe->its_vm, its))
ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ continue;

ÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂ desc.its_vmovp_cmd.col = &its->collections[col_id];

Indeed this looks much clearer. We're actually evaluating the need
for issuing VMOVP to a specified ITS, on system using its_list_map
feature (though we evaluate it by checking whether the vPE is mapped
on this ITS).


Thanks,
Zenghui