Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] KVM: PPC: Book3S: Fix server always zero from kvmppc_xive_get_xive()

From: David Gibson <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 11:45:05 +1000

On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 04:47:04PM +1000, Sam Bobroff wrote:
> In KVM's XICS-on-XIVE emulation, kvmppc_xive_get_xive() returns the
> value of state->guest_server as "server". However, this value is not
> set by it's counterpart kvmppc_xive_set_xive(). When the guest uses
> this interface to migrate interrupts away from a CPU that is going
> offline, it sees all interrupts as belonging to CPU 0, so they are
> left assigned to (now) offline CPUs.
> 
> This patch removes the guest_server field from the state, and returns
> act_server in it's place (that is, the CPU actually handling the
> interrupt, which may differ from the one requested).
> 
> Fixes: 5af50993850a ("KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Native usage of the XIVE
> interrupt controller")
> Cc: [email-masked]
> Signed-off-by: Sam Bobroff <[email-masked]>
> ---
> The other obvious way to patch this would be to set state->guest_server in
> kvmppc_xive_set_xive() and that does also work because act_server is usually
> equal to guest_server.
> 
> However, in the cases where guest_server differed from act_server, the guest
> would only move IRQs correctly if it got act_server (the CPU actually handling
> the interrupt) here. So, that approach seemed better.

Paolo, again this is a pretty urgent fix for KVM on Power and Paulus
is away.  We're hoping BenH will ack shortly (he's the logical
technical reviewer), after which can you merge this direct into the
KVM staging tree?  (RHBZ 1477391, and we suspect several more are
related).

>  arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xive.c | 5 ++---
>  arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xive.h | 1 -
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xive.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xive.c
> index 13304622ab1c..bf457843e032 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xive.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xive.c
> @@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ int kvmppc_xive_get_xive(struct kvm *kvm, u32 irq, u32 *server,
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	state = &sb->irq_state[idx];
>  	arch_spin_lock(&sb->lock);
> -	*server = state->guest_server;
> +	*server = state->act_server;
>  	*priority = state->guest_priority;
>  	arch_spin_unlock(&sb->lock);
>  
> @@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ static int xive_get_source(struct kvmppc_xive *xive, long irq, u64 addr)
>  	xive->saved_src_count++;
>  
>  	/* Convert saved state into something compatible with xics */
> -	val = state->guest_server;
> +	val = state->act_server;
>  	prio = state->saved_scan_prio;
>  
>  	if (prio == MASKED) {
> @@ -1507,7 +1507,6 @@ static int xive_set_source(struct kvmppc_xive *xive, long irq, u64 addr)
>  	/* First convert prio and mark interrupt as untargetted */
>  	act_prio = xive_prio_from_guest(guest_prio);
>  	state->act_priority = MASKED;
> -	state->guest_server = server;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * We need to drop the lock due to the mutex below. Hopefully
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xive.h b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xive.h
> index 5938f7644dc1..6ba63f8e8a61 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xive.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xive.h
> @@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ struct kvmppc_xive_irq_state {
>  	struct xive_irq_data *pt_data;	/* XIVE Pass-through associated data */
>  
>  	/* Targetting as set by guest */
> -	u32 guest_server;		/* Current guest selected target */
>  	u8 guest_priority;		/* Guest set priority */
>  	u8 saved_priority;		/* Saved priority when masking */
>  

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