Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: LAPIC: Advancing the timer expiration on guest initiated write

From: Wanpeng Li
Date: Wed Mar 10 2021 - 22:09:48 EST


ping, :)
On Thu, 4 Mar 2021 at 08:35, Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Advancing the timer expiration should only be necessary on guest initiated
> writes. When we cancel the timer and clear .pending during state restore,
> clear expired_tscdeadline as well.
>
> Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v1 -> v2:
> * update patch description
>
> arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> index 45d40bf..f2b6e79 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> @@ -2595,6 +2595,7 @@ int kvm_apic_set_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_lapic_state *s)
>
> apic_update_ppr(apic);
> hrtimer_cancel(&apic->lapic_timer.timer);
> + apic->lapic_timer.expired_tscdeadline = 0;
> apic_update_lvtt(apic);
> apic_manage_nmi_watchdog(apic, kvm_lapic_get_reg(apic, APIC_LVT0));
> update_divide_count(apic);
> --
> 2.7.4
>