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From: "Wu, Feng" <feng.wu@intel.com>
To: "Tian, Kevin" <kevin.tian@intel.com>,
	"xen-devel@lists.xen.org" <xen-devel@lists.xen.org>
Cc: "Wu, Feng" <feng.wu@intel.com>,
	"george.dunlap@eu.citrix.com" <george.dunlap@eu.citrix.com>,
	"andrew.cooper3@citrix.com" <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
	"jbeulich@suse.com" <jbeulich@suse.com>,
	"Zhang, Yang Z" <yang.z.zhang@intel.com>,
	"keir@xen.org" <keir@xen.org>
Subject: Re: [v3 08/15] Suppress posting interrupts when 'SN' is set
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2015 11:58:01 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E959C4978C3B6342920538CF579893F0025F92D8@SHSMSX104.ccr.corp.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AADFC41AFE54684AB9EE6CBC0274A5D1262B8D49@SHSMSX101.ccr.corp.intel.com>



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tian, Kevin
> Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 7:31 PM
> To: Wu, Feng; xen-devel@lists.xen.org
> Cc: keir@xen.org; jbeulich@suse.com; andrew.cooper3@citrix.com; Zhang,
> Yang Z; george.dunlap@eu.citrix.com
> Subject: RE: [v3 08/15] Suppress posting interrupts when 'SN' is set
> 
> > From: Wu, Feng
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 6:11 PM
> > > From: Tian, Kevin
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2015 5:06 PM
> > >
> > > > From: Wu, Feng
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 1:18 PM
> > > >
> > > > Currently, we don't support urgent interrupt, all interrupts
> > > > are recognized as non-urgent interrupt, so we cannot send
> > > > posted-interrupt when 'SN' is set.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Feng Wu <feng.wu@intel.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > v3:
> > > > use cmpxchg to test SN/ON and set ON
> > > >
> > > >  xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c | 32
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> > > >  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > > > index 0837627..b94ef6a 100644
> > > > --- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > > > +++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c
> > > > @@ -1686,6 +1686,8 @@ static void
> __vmx_deliver_posted_interrupt(struct
> > > vcpu *v)
> > > >
> > > >  static void vmx_deliver_posted_intr(struct vcpu *v, u8 vector)
> > > >  {
> > > > +    struct pi_desc old, new, prev;
> > > > +
> > >
> > > move to 'else if'.
> > >
> > > >      if ( pi_test_and_set_pir(vector, &v->arch.hvm_vmx.pi_desc) )
> > > >          return;
> > > >
> > > > @@ -1698,13 +1700,35 @@ static void vmx_deliver_posted_intr(struct
> vcpu
> > > *v, u8
> > > > vector)
> > > >           */
> > > >          pi_set_on(&v->arch.hvm_vmx.pi_desc);
> > > >      }
> > > > -    else if ( !pi_test_and_set_on(&v->arch.hvm_vmx.pi_desc) )
> > > > +    else
> > > >      {
> > > > +        prev.control = 0;
> > > > +
> > > > +        do {
> > > > +            old.control = v->arch.hvm_vmx.pi_desc.control &
> > > > +                          ~(1 << POSTED_INTR_ON | 1 <<
> > > POSTED_INTR_SN);
> > > > +            new.control = v->arch.hvm_vmx.pi_desc.control |
> > > > +                          1 << POSTED_INTR_ON;
> > > > +
> > > > +            /*
> > > > +             * Currently, we don't support urgent interrupt, all
> > > > +             * interrupts are recognized as non-urgent interrupt,
> > > > +             * so we cannot send posted-interrupt when 'SN' is set.
> > > > +             * Besides that, if 'ON' is already set, we cannot set
> > > > +             * posted-interrupts as well.
> > > > +             */
> > > > +            if ( prev.sn || prev.on )
> > > > +            {
> > > > +                vcpu_kick(v);
> > > > +                return;
> > > > +            }
> > >
> > > would it make more sense to move above check after cmpxchg?
> >
> > My original idea is that, we only need to do the check when
> > prev.control != old.control, which means the cmpxchg is not
> > successful completed. If we add the check between cmpxchg
> > and while ( prev.control != old.control ), it seems the logic is
> > not so clear, since we don't need to check prev.sn and prev.on
> > when cmxchg succeeds in setting the new value.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Feng
> >
> 
> Then it'd be clearer if you move the check the start of the loop, so
> you can avoid two additional reads when the prev.on/sn is set. :-)

Good idea!

Thanks,
Feng

> 
> Thanks
> Kevin

  reply	other threads:[~2015-07-08 11:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 155+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-06-24  5:18 [v3 00/15] Add VT-d Posted-Interrupts support Feng Wu
2015-06-24  5:18 ` [v3 01/15] Vt-d Posted-intterrupt (PI) design Feng Wu
2015-06-24  6:15   ` Meng Xu
2015-06-24  6:19     ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-08  7:21   ` Tian, Kevin
2015-07-08  7:29     ` Wu, Feng
2015-06-24  5:18 ` [v3 02/15] Add helper macro for X86_FEATURE_CX16 feature detection Feng Wu
2015-06-24 17:31   ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-08  7:23   ` Tian, Kevin
2015-06-24  5:18 ` [v3 03/15] Add cmpxchg16b support for x86-64 Feng Wu
2015-06-24 18:35   ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-08  7:06     ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-08  8:12       ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-08  8:33         ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-08  8:43           ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-08  8:50             ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-08  8:50         ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-10 12:57   ` Jan Beulich
2015-06-24  5:18 ` [v3 04/15] iommu: Add iommu_intpost to control VT-d Posted-Interrupts feature Feng Wu
2015-06-25  9:06   ` Andrew Cooper
2015-06-25  9:47     ` Wu, Feng
2015-06-25 10:16       ` Andrew Cooper
2015-06-25 12:47         ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-08  7:30   ` Tian, Kevin
2015-06-24  5:18 ` [v3 05/15] vt-d: VT-d Posted-Interrupts feature detection Feng Wu
2015-06-25 10:21   ` Andrew Cooper
2015-06-25 13:02     ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-08  7:32   ` Tian, Kevin
2015-07-08  8:00     ` Wu, Feng
2015-06-24  5:18 ` [v3 06/15] vmx: Extend struct pi_desc to support VT-d Posted-Interrupts Feng Wu
2015-06-29 15:04   ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-08  7:48   ` Tian, Kevin
2015-07-10 13:08   ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-15  2:40     ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-15  8:20       ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-15  8:26         ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-15  8:36           ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-15  8:43             ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-15  9:28               ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-15  9:30                 ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-15  3:13     ` Wu, Feng
2015-06-24  5:18 ` [v3 07/15] vmx: Initialize VT-d Posted-Interrupts Descriptor Feng Wu
2015-06-29 15:32   ` Andrew Cooper
2015-06-30  1:46     ` Wu, Feng
2015-06-30  2:32     ` Dario Faggioli
2015-07-08  7:53   ` Tian, Kevin
2015-06-24  5:18 ` [v3 08/15] Suppress posting interrupts when 'SN' is set Feng Wu
2015-06-29 15:41   ` Andrew Cooper
2015-06-30  1:48     ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-08  9:06   ` Tian, Kevin
2015-07-08 10:11     ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-08 11:31       ` Tian, Kevin
2015-07-08 11:58         ` Wu, Feng [this message]
2015-07-10 13:20   ` Jan Beulich
2015-06-24  5:18 ` [v3 09/15] vt-d: Extend struct iremap_entry to support VT-d Posted-Interrupts Feng Wu
2015-06-29 16:04   ` Andrew Cooper
2015-06-30  1:52     ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-08  9:10   ` Tian, Kevin
2015-07-10 13:27   ` Jan Beulich
2015-06-24  5:18 ` [v3 10/15] vt-d: Add API to update IRTE when VT-d PI is used Feng Wu
2015-06-29 16:22   ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-08  9:59   ` Tian, Kevin
2015-07-08 10:12     ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-10 14:01   ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-15  6:04     ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-15  8:24       ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-15  8:38         ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-15  8:46           ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-15  8:55             ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-15  9:32               ` Jan Beulich
2015-06-24  5:18 ` [v3 11/15] Update IRTE according to guest interrupt config changes Feng Wu
2015-06-29 16:46   ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-08 10:22   ` Tian, Kevin
2015-07-08 10:31     ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-08 11:46       ` Tian, Kevin
2015-07-08 11:52         ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-08 11:54           ` Tian, Kevin
2015-07-10 14:23   ` Jan Beulich
2015-06-24  5:18 ` [v3 12/15] vmx: posted-interrupt handling when vCPU is blocked Feng Wu
2015-06-29 17:07   ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-08 10:36     ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-08 10:48       ` Jan Beulich
     [not found]   ` <559181F9.6020106@citrix.com>
2015-06-30  2:51     ` Fwd: " Dario Faggioli
2015-06-30  2:59       ` Wu, Feng
2015-06-30  9:46         ` Dario Faggioli
2015-06-30 10:11   ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-01 13:26     ` Dario Faggioli
2015-07-02  4:27       ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-02  8:30         ` Dario Faggioli
2015-07-02  8:58           ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-02 10:09             ` Dario Faggioli
2015-07-02 10:41               ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-02 10:30           ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-02 10:56             ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-02 12:04             ` Dario Faggioli
2015-07-02 12:10               ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-02 12:16               ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-02 12:38                 ` Dario Faggioli
2015-07-02 12:59                   ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-03  1:33                     ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-02  4:25     ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-08 11:00   ` Tian, Kevin
2015-07-08 11:02     ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-08 12:46     ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-08 13:09       ` Andrew Cooper
2015-07-08 22:49         ` Tian, Kevin
2015-07-09  7:25           ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-10  6:21             ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-10  6:32               ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-10  7:29                 ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-10  8:49                   ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-10  8:57                     ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-08 22:31       ` Tian, Kevin
2015-06-24  5:18 ` [v3 13/15] vmx: Properly handle notification event when vCPU is running Feng Wu
2015-07-08 11:03   ` Tian, Kevin
2015-07-10 14:40   ` Jan Beulich
2015-06-24  5:18 ` [v3 14/15] Update Posted-Interrupts Descriptor during vCPU scheduling Feng Wu
     [not found]   ` <55918214.4030102@citrix.com>
2015-06-30  2:58     ` Fwd: " Dario Faggioli
2015-07-02  4:32       ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-02  4:34         ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-02  8:20         ` Dario Faggioli
2015-07-09  3:09           ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-09  8:18             ` Dario Faggioli
2015-07-09 11:19             ` George Dunlap
2015-07-09 11:29               ` George Dunlap
2015-07-09 11:38               ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-09 12:42                 ` Dario Faggioli
2015-07-10  0:07                   ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-10 12:40                     ` Dario Faggioli
2015-07-10 13:47                       ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2015-07-10 13:59                         ` Dario Faggioli
2015-07-09 12:53                 ` George Dunlap
2015-07-09 13:44                   ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-09 14:18                     ` Dario Faggioli
2015-07-09 14:27                       ` George Dunlap
2015-07-09 14:47                         ` Dario Faggioli
2015-07-10  5:59                         ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-10  6:22                           ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-10 11:05                             ` Dario Faggioli
2015-07-14  5:44                               ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-14 14:08                               ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-14 14:54                                 ` Jan Beulich
2015-07-14 15:20                                   ` Dario Faggioli
2015-07-14 16:41                                     ` George Dunlap
2015-07-14 16:02                                 ` Dario Faggioli
2015-07-15  0:54                                   ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-17  7:46                                   ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-17 10:13                                     ` Dario Faggioli
2015-07-17 22:57                                       ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-18 13:43                                         ` Dario Faggioli
2015-07-10  0:15                   ` Wu, Feng
2015-07-08 11:24   ` Tian, Kevin
2015-07-10 14:48   ` Jan Beulich
2015-06-24  5:18 ` [v3 15/15] Add a command line parameter for VT-d posted-interrupts Feng Wu
2015-07-08 11:25   ` Tian, Kevin

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