[PATCH 5.15 512/917] KVM: s390: pv: avoid stalls for kvm_s390_pv_init_vm

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Mon Nov 15 2021 - 18:43:24 EST


From: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 1e2aa46de526a5adafe580bca4c25856bb06f09e ]

When the system is heavily overcommitted, kvm_s390_pv_init_vm might
generate stall notifications.

Fix this by using uv_call_sched instead of just uv_call. This is ok because
we are not holding spinlocks.

Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 214d9bbcd3a672 ("s390/mm: provide memory management functions for protected KVM guests")
Reviewed-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Message-Id: <20210920132502.36111-4-imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/s390/kvm/pv.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/pv.c b/arch/s390/kvm/pv.c
index 0a854115100b4..00d272d134c24 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/pv.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/pv.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ int kvm_s390_pv_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm, u16 *rc, u16 *rrc)
uvcb.conf_base_stor_origin = (u64)kvm->arch.pv.stor_base;
uvcb.conf_virt_stor_origin = (u64)kvm->arch.pv.stor_var;

- cc = uv_call(0, (u64)&uvcb);
+ cc = uv_call_sched(0, (u64)&uvcb);
*rc = uvcb.header.rc;
*rrc = uvcb.header.rrc;
KVM_UV_EVENT(kvm, 3, "PROTVIRT CREATE VM: handle %llx len %llx rc %x rrc %x",
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