Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: LAPIC: Fix lapic timer injection delay

[Wanpeng Li]

2017-07-03 15:30 GMT+08:00 Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>:
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> On 02/07/2017 03:56, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>>>> -       if (!apic_lvtt_period(apic) && atomic_read(&ktimer->pending))
>>>> +       if (!apic_lvtt_period(apic) && (r || atomic_read(&ktimer->pending))) {
>>>> +               if (r)
>>>> +                       apic_timer_expired(apic);
>>>>                 return false;
>>>> +       }
>>>
>>> This logic is not the same as in my v4
>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg1434040.html
>>> . You return false for the expired timer and actually it will switch
>>> to sw timer.
>>
>> Ah, I miss read it, the rebase is correct.
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> Yeah, I'm not entirely satisfied with it but it's working: start_sw
> timer will see ktimer->pending and do nothing.
>
> But thinking more about it, maybe the "if (r)" can be omitted
> completely?  We need to benchmark it but it can be done.

"if (r)" makes codes more understandable, in addition, calling expired
the pending timer here looks weird though ktimer->pending.

Regards,
Wanpeng Li