Re: [PATCH v2 25/43] KVM: VMX: Save/restore IRQs (instead of CLI/STI) during PI pre/post block

From: Maxim Levitsky
Date: Thu Oct 28 2021 - 06:55:12 EST


On Fri, 2021-10-08 at 19:12 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Save/restore IRQs when disabling IRQs in posted interrupt pre/post block
> in preparation for moving the code into vcpu_put/load(), and thus may be
> called with IRQs already disabled.
>
> No functional changed intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c | 13 +++++++------
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c
> index 239e0e72a0dd..414ea6972b5c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/posted_intr.c
> @@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ int pi_pre_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
> struct pi_desc old, new;
> struct pi_desc *pi_desc = vcpu_to_pi_desc(vcpu);
> + unsigned long flags;
>
> if (!kvm_arch_has_assigned_device(vcpu->kvm) ||
> !irq_remapping_cap(IRQ_POSTING_CAP) ||
> @@ -147,8 +148,7 @@ int pi_pre_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> vmx_interrupt_blocked(vcpu))
> return 0;
>
> - WARN_ON(irqs_disabled());
> - local_irq_disable();
> + local_irq_save(flags);
>
> vcpu->pre_pcpu = vcpu->cpu;
> spin_lock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, vcpu->cpu));
> @@ -171,19 +171,20 @@ int pi_pre_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> if (pi_test_on(pi_desc))
> __pi_post_block(vcpu);
>
> - local_irq_enable();
> + local_irq_restore(flags);
> return (vcpu->pre_pcpu == -1);
> }
>
> void pi_post_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
> + unsigned long flags;
> +
> if (vcpu->pre_pcpu == -1)
> return;
>
> - WARN_ON(irqs_disabled());
> - local_irq_disable();
> + local_irq_save(flags);
> __pi_post_block(vcpu);
> - local_irq_enable();
> + local_irq_restore(flags);
> }
>
> /*
Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky