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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] IRQ: Group IRQ_MOVE_CLEANUP_VECTOR with other hy

To: "Andrew Cooper" <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] IRQ: Group IRQ_MOVE_CLEANUP_VECTOR with other hypervisor IPIs
From: "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 10:20:50 +0100
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>>> On 08.09.11 at 11:10, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> On 08/09/11 09:15, Keir Fraser wrote:
>> On 08/09/2011 08:39, "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>>>> On 07.09.11 at 18:56, Keir Fraser <keir.xen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> On 07/09/2011 17:03, "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 07.09.11 at 17:03, Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> Are you sure this is correct? I'm suspicious that this may intentionally
>>>>> have been the lowest priority vector...
>>>> I can't see why?
>>> Perhaps to get all "real" interrupts serviced first, and then do a single,
>>> consolidated run through everything that needs cleaning up? All the
>>> more since smp_irq_move_cleanup_interrupt() may re-issue the
>>> interrupt to the local CPU.
>> Ah, hm, that's a good point. We obviously livelock if we make
>> IRQ_MOVE_CLEANUP_VECTOR higher priority than the vector that
>> smp_irq_move_cleanup_interrupt() is attempting to retry.
>>
>> Andrew: I think we have to leave this vector where it is, but you could add
>> a comment explaining why it is so, in your cleanup patchset.
>>
>>  -- Keir 
> 
> Wow I was having a slow day - I was thinking that
> IRQ_MOVE_CLEANUP_VECTOR was the first high priority vector.
> 
> In which case it should probably stay at its current vector, but
> FIRST_DYNAMIC_VECTOR should probably be bumped up, as it is no longer a
> vector dynamically allocated to guests.

But that's merely cosmetic then, isn't it?

Jan


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