Re: [PATCH] KVM: LAPIC: Also cancel preemption timer when disarm LAPIC timer

From: Vitaly Kuznetsov
Date: Tue Mar 24 2020 - 11:24:53 EST


Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> The timer is disarmed when switching between TSC deadline and other modes,
> we should set everything to disarmed state, however, LAPIC timer can be
> emulated by preemption timer, it still works if vmx->hv_deadline_timer is
> not -1. This patch also cancels preemption timer when disarm LAPIC timer.
>
> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 6 ++++++
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> index 338de38..a38f1a8 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> @@ -1445,6 +1445,8 @@ static void limit_periodic_timer_frequency(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
> }
> }
>
> +static void cancel_hv_timer(struct kvm_lapic *apic);
> +

Nitpick: cancel_hv_timer() is only 4 lines long so I'd suggest we move
it instead of adding a forward declaration.

> static void apic_update_lvtt(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
> {
> u32 timer_mode = kvm_lapic_get_reg(apic, APIC_LVTT) &
> @@ -1454,6 +1456,10 @@ static void apic_update_lvtt(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
> if (apic_lvtt_tscdeadline(apic) != (timer_mode ==
> APIC_LVT_TIMER_TSCDEADLINE)) {
> hrtimer_cancel(&apic->lapic_timer.timer);
> + preempt_disable();
> + if (apic->lapic_timer.hv_timer_in_use)
> + cancel_hv_timer(apic);
> + preempt_enable();
> kvm_lapic_set_reg(apic, APIC_TMICT, 0);
> apic->lapic_timer.period = 0;
> apic->lapic_timer.tscdeadline = 0;

--
Vitaly