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| From | Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: LAPIC: Fix lapic timer injection delay |
| Date | 2017-06-28 16:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <tXlPk-7Na-17@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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2017-06-28 22:00 GMT+08:00 Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>:
>
>
> On 28/06/2017 15:55, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>>>> if ((atomic_read(&apic->lapic_timer.pending) &&
>>>> !apic_lvtt_period(apic)) ||
>>>> - kvm_x86_ops->set_hv_timer(apic->vcpu, tscdeadline)) {
>>>> + (ret = kvm_x86_ops->set_hv_timer(apic->vcpu, tscdeadline))) {
>>>> if (apic->lapic_timer.hv_timer_in_use)
>>>> cancel_hv_timer(apic);
>>>> + if (ret == 1) {
>>>> + apic_timer_expired(apic);
>>>> + return true;
>>>> + }
>>> The preemption timer can also be used for modes other than TSC deadline.
>>>
>>> In periodic mode, your patch would miss a call to
>>> advance_periodic_target_expiration, which is only called by
>>> kvm_lapic_expired_hv_timer.
>> Actually I considered this before, however, I referred to apic timer
>> periodic mode which is emulated by hrtimer
>
> Periodic mode can also be emulated by preemption timer... it was added
> by some Wanpeng Li in commit 8003c9ae204e ("KVM: LAPIC: add APIC Timer
> periodic/oneshot mode VMX preemption timer support", 2016-11-02), do you
> know him? ;)
Indeed. :)
>
>> , there is no hrtimer start
>> for the next period in start_sw_period(). If it is also buggy?
>
> start_sw_period always goes through the hrtimer for periodic timer:
>
> if (apic_lvtt_oneshot(apic) &&
> ktime_after(ktime_get(),
> apic->lapic_timer.target_expiration)) {
> apic_timer_expired(apic);
> return;
> }
>
> hrtimer_start(&apic->lapic_timer.timer,
> apic->lapic_timer.target_expiration,
> HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED);
>
> (the direct call to apic_timer_expired is conditonal to
> apic_lvtt_oneshot). This way, apic_timer_fn takes care of advancing the
> hrtimer deadline and returning HRTIMER_RESTART.
Ah, yes, I miss the apic_lvtt_oneshot() check here.
Regards,
Wanpeng Li
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Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: LAPIC: Fix lapic timer injection delay Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2017-06-28 14:20 +0200
Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: LAPIC: Fix lapic timer injection delay Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com> - 2017-06-28 16:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: LAPIC: Fix lapic timer injection delay Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2017-06-28 16:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: LAPIC: Fix lapic timer injection delay Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com> - 2017-06-28 16:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: LAPIC: Fix lapic timer injection delay Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com> - 2017-06-28 16:30 +0200
Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: LAPIC: Fix lapic timer injection delay Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2017-06-28 16:40 +0200
Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: LAPIC: Fix lapic timer injection delay Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com> - 2017-06-29 05:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: LAPIC: Fix lapic timer injection delay Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2017-06-29 10:00 +0200
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Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: LAPIC: Fix lapic timer injection delay Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com> - 2017-06-29 10:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: LAPIC: Fix lapic timer injection delay Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2017-06-29 13:50 +0200
Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: LAPIC: Fix lapic timer injection delay Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com> - 2017-06-29 14:00 +0200
Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: LAPIC: Fix lapic timer injection delay Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com> - 2017-06-29 14:10 +0200
Re: [PATCH v3] KVM: LAPIC: Fix lapic timer injection delay Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> - 2017-06-29 14:20 +0200
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