Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] pc: Fix and clean up PIC-to-APIC IRQ path

[Jan Kiszka]

On 2011-09-03 13:37, Blue Swirl wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Jan Kiszka <address@hidden> wrote:
>> On 2011-09-03 10:58, Blue Swirl wrote:
>>> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Jan Kiszka <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>> The master PIC is connected to the LINTIN0 of the APICs. As the APIC
>>>> currently does not track the state of that line, we have to ask the PIC
>>>> to reinject its IRQ after the CPU picked up an event from the APIC.
>>>>
>>>> This introduces pic_get_output to read the master PIC IRQ line state
>>>> without changing it. The APIC uses this function to decide if a PIC IRQ
>>>> should be reinjected on apic_update_irq. This reflects better how the
>>>> real hardware works.
>>>>
>>>> The patch fixes some failures of the kvm unit tests apic and eventinj by
>>>> allowing to enable the proper CPU IRQ deassertion when the guest masks
>>>> some pending IRQs at PIC level.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <address@hidden>
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> Changes in v2:
>>>>  - Avoid adding pic_level to the APIC state, obtain PIC output via
>>>>   pic_get_level instead
>>>>  - Do not reassert PIC interrupt if APIC is not accepting it
>>>>  - Use apic_deliver_pic_intr for reassertion to ensure correct
>>>>   processing
>>>>
>>>> This is not as nice as the previous version /wrt the interaction of PIC
>>>> and APIC. But it avoids breaking the APIC vmstate for the sake of
>>>> internal changes, also keeping it compatible with the upcoming KVM
>>>> in-kernel APIC (that allows no easy pic_level state extraction). The
>>>> interconnection between PIC and APIC may look nicer in the future with
>>>> QOM. And in the end this just reflects the "beauty" of the x86
>>>> architecture.
>>>>
>>>>  hw/apic.c  |    4 ++++
>>>>  hw/i8259.c |   15 +++++++--------
>>>>  hw/pc.c    |    3 ---
>>>>  hw/pc.h    |    2 +-
>>>>  4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/hw/apic.c b/hw/apic.c
>>>> index d8f56c8..8289eef 100644
>>>> --- a/hw/apic.c
>>>> +++ b/hw/apic.c
>>>> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
>>>>  #include "host-utils.h"
>>>>  #include "sysbus.h"
>>>>  #include "trace.h"
>>>> +#include "pc.h"
>>>>
>>>>  /* APIC Local Vector Table */
>>>>  #define APIC_LVT_TIMER   0
>>>> @@ -399,6 +400,9 @@ static void apic_update_irq(APICState *s)
>>>>     }
>>>>     if (apic_irq_pending(s) > 0) {
>>>>         cpu_interrupt(s->cpu_env, CPU_INTERRUPT_HARD);
>>>> +    } else if (apic_accept_pic_intr(&s->busdev.qdev) &&
>>>> +               pic_get_output(isa_pic)) {
>>>
>>> This is indeed ugly. Why doesn't APIC track PIC output?
>>
>> For the reasons explained above.
> 
> Breaking vmstate compatibility? Don't we have all kinds of
> compatibility stuff for this?

As I said, we do not have access to some pic_level equivalent with the
in-kernel APIC model. And I don't want to break vmstate compatibility
between user and kernel space models needlessly.

> 
> I'm not opposed to the patch as is, it's still a cleanup, but I wish
> this ugliness could be avoided.

It's primarily a bug fix now. And the ugliness level should drop again
when IRQ management will be reworked.

Jan

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