Re: [rt-patch 3/3] arm, KVM: convert vgic_irq.irq_lock to raw_spinlock_t

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 11:07:33AM +0200, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> 
> b103cc3f10c0 ("KVM: arm/arm64: Avoid timer save/restore in vcpu entry/exit")
> requires vgic_irq.irq_lock be converted to raw_spinlock_t.
> 
> Problem: kvm_preempt_ops.sched_in = kvm_sched_in;
>    kvm_sched_in()
>       kvm_arch_vcpu_load()
>          kvm_timer_vcpu_load() <- b103cc3f10c0 addition
>             kvm_timer_vcpu_load_gic()
>                kvm_vgic_map_is_active()
>                   spin_lock_irqsave(&irq->irq_lock, flags);
> 
> Quoting virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c, locking order is...
> 
>   kvm->lock (mutex)
>     its->cmd_lock (mutex)
>       its->its_lock (mutex)
>         vgic_cpu->ap_list_lock         must be taken with IRQs disabled
>           kvm->lpi_list_lock           must be taken with IRQs disabled
>             vgic_irq->irq_lock         must be taken with IRQs disabled
> 
> ...meaning vgic_dist.lpi_list_lock and vgic_cpu.ap_list_lock must be
> converted as well.

The thing missing from the Changelog is the analysis that all the work
done under these locks is indeed properly bounded and cannot cause
excessive latencies.