RE: [v3 06/26] iommu, x86: No need to migrating irq for VT-d Posted-Interrupts

[Zhang, Yang Z]

Paolo Bonzini wrote on 2014-12-23:
> 
> 
> On 23/12/2014 10:07, Wu, Feng wrote:
>>> On 23/12/2014 01:37, Zhang, Yang Z wrote:
>>>> I don't quite understand it. If user set an interrupt's affinity
>>>> to a CPU, but he still see the interrupt delivers to other CPUs in host.
>>>> Do you think it is a right behavior?
>>> 
>>> No, the interrupt is not delivered at all in the host.  Normally you'd have:
>>> 
>>> - interrupt delivered to CPU from host affinity
>>> 
>>> - VFIO interrupt handler writes to irqfd
>>> 
>>> - interrupt delivered to vCPU from guest affinity
>>> 
>>> Here, you just skip the first two steps.  The interrupt is
>>> delivered to the thread that is running the vCPU directly, so the
>>> host affinity is bypassed entirely.
>>> 
>>> ... unless you are considering the case where the vCPU is blocked
>>> and the host is processing the posted interrupt wakeup vector.  In
>>> that case yes, it would be better to set NDST to a CPU matching the host affinity.
>> 
>> In my understanding, wakeup vector should have no relationship with
>> the host affinity of the irq. Wakeup notification event should be
>> delivered to the pCPU which the vCPU was blocked on. And in kernel's
>> point of view, the irq is not associated with the wakeup vector, right?
> 
> That is correct indeed.  It is not associated to the wakeup vector,
> hence this patch is right, I think.
> 
> However, the wakeup vector has the same function as the VFIO interrupt
> handler, so you could argue that it is tied to the host affinity
> rather than the guest.  Let's wait for Yang to answer.

Actually, that's my original question too. I am wondering what happens if the user changes the assigned device's affinity in host's /proc/irq/? If ignore it is acceptable, then this patch is ok. But it seems the discussion out of my scope, need some experts to tell us their idea since it will impact the user experience. 

> 
> Paolo


Best regards,
Yang


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