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Date:   Wed, 27 Apr 2022 18:18:54 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH MANUALSEL 5.4 2/2] KVM: LAPIC: Enable timer
 posted-interrupt only when mwait/hlt is advertised
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To:     Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc:     Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>,
        Aili Yao <yaoaili@kingsoft.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>, tglx@linutronix.de,
        mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com,
        x86@kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
References: <20220427155438.19612-1-sashal@kernel.org>
 <20220427155438.19612-2-sashal@kernel.org>
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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On 4/27/22 17:54, Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 1714a4eb6fb0cb79f182873cd011a8ed60ac65e8 ]
> 
> As commit 0c5f81dad46 ("KVM: LAPIC: Inject timer interrupt via posted
> interrupt") mentioned that the host admin should well tune the guest
> setup, so that vCPUs are placed on isolated pCPUs, and with several pCPUs
> surplus for *busy* housekeeping.  In this setup, it is preferrable to
> disable mwait/hlt/pause vmexits to keep the vCPUs in non-root mode.
> 
> However, if only some guests isolated and others not, they would not
> have any benefit from posted timer interrupts, and at the same time lose
> VMX preemption timer fast paths because kvm_can_post_timer_interrupt()
> returns true and therefore forces kvm_can_use_hv_timer() to false.
> 
> By guaranteeing that posted-interrupt timer is only used if MWAIT or
> HLT are done without vmexit, KVM can make a better choice and use the
> VMX preemption timer and the corresponding fast paths.
> 
> Reported-by: Aili Yao <yaoaili@kingsoft.com>
> Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> Cc: Aili Yao <yaoaili@kingsoft.com>
> Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
> Message-Id: <1643112538-36743-1-git-send-email-wanpengli@tencent.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
> ---
>   arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 3 ++-
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> index afe3b8e61514..3696b4de9d99 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
> @@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ static inline u32 kvm_x2apic_id(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
>   
>   bool kvm_can_post_timer_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>   {
> -	return pi_inject_timer && kvm_vcpu_apicv_active(vcpu);
> +	return pi_inject_timer && kvm_vcpu_apicv_active(vcpu) &&
> +		(kvm_mwait_in_guest(vcpu->kvm) || kvm_hlt_in_guest(vcpu->kvm));
>   }
>   EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_can_post_timer_interrupt);
>   

Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>