[PATCH 3/7] KVM: PPC: Explicitly force IPIs when directly kicking vCPUs
From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Wed Oct 28 2026 - 15:19:08 EST
Explicitly force an IPI when invoking kvm_vcpu_kick() directly instead of
relying on kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() to unconditionally return 1/true.
This will allow dropping kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick() in favor of
kvm_request_needs_ipi().
No functional change intended (1 || 1 == true).
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h | 13 ++++++++++++-
arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s.c | 4 ++--
arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c | 2 +-
arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c | 6 +++---
arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_emulate.c | 2 +-
arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c | 2 +-
6 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h
index 169ea6a7fbad..bbe7378ad0ef 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h
@@ -30,6 +30,17 @@
#endif
#include <asm/inst.h>
+/*
+ * TODO: For unknown reasons, KVM PPC has historically ignored vcpu->mode when
+ * determining if kicking a vCPU needs an IPI. Either document why that
+ * behavior is necessary, or drop this helper and the @force param from
+ * __kvm_vcpu_kick().
+ */
+static inline void kvmppc_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ __kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu, false, true);
+}
+
/*
* KVMPPC_INST_SW_BREAKPOINT is debug Instruction
* for supporting software breakpoint.
@@ -598,7 +609,7 @@ static inline void kvmppc_clear_host_ipi(int cpu)
static inline void kvmppc_fast_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
- kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
+ kvmppc_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
}
static inline bool kvm_hv_mode_active(void) { return false; }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s.c
index 2efbe05caed7..dce53c5a3868 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ void kvmppc_core_queue_external(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
* external interrupts for the guest just before entering
* the guest. That is OK even if userspace did do a
* KVM_INTERRUPT_SET on a pseries guest vcpu, because the
- * caller (kvm_vcpu_ioctl_interrupt) does a kvm_vcpu_kick()
+ * caller (kvm_vcpu_ioctl_interrupt) does a kvmppc_vcpu_kick()
* which ends up doing a smp_send_reschedule(), which will
* pull the guest all the way out to the host, meaning that
* we will call kvmppc_core_prepare_to_enter() before entering
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_guest_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
void kvmppc_decrementer_func(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
kvmppc_core_queue_dec(vcpu);
- kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
+ kvmppc_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
}
int kvmppc_core_vcpu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
index ecfb88bf6464..1894968f2c25 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
@@ -2066,7 +2066,7 @@ static struct kvmppc_ops kvm_ops_pr = {
.emulate_op = kvmppc_core_emulate_op_pr,
.emulate_mtspr = kvmppc_core_emulate_mtspr_pr,
.emulate_mfspr = kvmppc_core_emulate_mfspr_pr,
- .fast_vcpu_kick = kvm_vcpu_kick,
+ .fast_vcpu_kick = kvmppc_vcpu_kick,
.arch_vm_ioctl = kvm_arch_vm_ioctl_pr,
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
.hcall_implemented = kvmppc_hcall_impl_pr,
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
index 13ad4cf5fa71..fd7f24a68b31 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@ static void kvmppc_watchdog_func(struct timer_list *t)
if (new_tsr & TSR_WIS) {
smp_wmb();
kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_PENDING_TIMER, vcpu);
- kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
+ kvmppc_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
}
/*
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ static void kvmppc_watchdog_func(struct timer_list *t)
vcpu->arch.watchdog_enabled) {
smp_wmb();
kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_WATCHDOG, vcpu);
- kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
+ kvmppc_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
}
/*
@@ -1872,7 +1872,7 @@ void kvmppc_set_tsr_bits(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 tsr_bits)
set_bits(tsr_bits, &vcpu->arch.tsr);
smp_wmb();
kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_PENDING_TIMER, vcpu);
- kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
+ kvmppc_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
}
void kvmppc_clr_tsr_bits(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 tsr_bits)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_emulate.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_emulate.c
index 051102d50c31..10cd6b4ab456 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_emulate.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/e500_emulate.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static int kvmppc_e500_emul_msgsnd(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int rb)
int cpir = cvcpu->arch.shared->pir;
if ((param & PPC_DBELL_MSG_BRDCAST) || (cpir == pir)) {
set_bit(prio, &cvcpu->arch.pending_exceptions);
- kvm_vcpu_kick(cvcpu);
+ kvmppc_vcpu_kick(cvcpu);
}
}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index 9194cf492d1c..09c94b849185 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -1903,7 +1903,7 @@ int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_interrupt *irq)
kvmppc_core_queue_external(vcpu, irq);
- kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
+ kvmppc_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
return 0;
}
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