Re: [PATCH v9 9/9] KVM: VMX: enable IPI virtualization

From: Zeng Guang
Date: Mon May 02 2022 - 22:45:09 EST



On 5/3/2022 12:16 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
On 4/19/22 17:45, Zeng Guang wrote:
+static bool vmx_can_use_pi_wakeup(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+ /*
+ * If a blocked vCPU can be the target of posted interrupts,
+ * switching notification vector is needed so that kernel can
+ * be informed when an interrupt is posted and get the chance
+ * to wake up the blocked vCPU. For now, using posted interrupt
+ * for vCPU wakeup when IPI virtualization or VT-d PI can be
+ * enabled.
+ */
+ return vmx_can_use_ipiv(vcpu) || vmx_can_use_vtd_pi(vcpu->kvm);
+}
Slightly more accurate name and comment:

static bool vmx_needs_pi_wakeup(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
/*
* The default posted interrupt vector does nothing when
* invoked outside guest mode. Return whether a blocked vCPU
* can be the target of posted interrupts, as is the case when
* using either IPI virtualization or VT-d PI, so that the
* notification vector is switched to the one that calls
* back to the pi_wakeup_handler() function.
*/
return vmx_can_use_ipiv(vcpu) || vmx_can_use_vtd_pi(vcpu->kvm);
}


Paolo
Thanks. It's much accurate and better to describe the functionality of this API.
I will change it.