> -----Original Message----- > From: Radim Krčmář [mailto:rkrc...@redhat.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 10:32 PM > To: Wu, Feng <feng...@intel.com> > Cc: pbonz...@redhat.com; kvm@vger.kernel.org; linux- > ker...@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Add lowest-priority support for vt-d posted- > interrupts > > 2015-11-24 01:26+0000, Wu, Feng: > > "I don't think we do any vector hashing on our client parts. This may be > why the customer is not able to detect this on Skylake client silicon. > > The vector hashing is micro-architectural and something we had done on > server parts. > > > > If you look at the haswell server CPU spec (https://www- > ssl.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/datasheets/xeon- > e5-v3-datasheet-vol-2.pdf) > > In section 4.1.2, you will see an IntControl register (this is a register > controlled/configured by BIOS) - see below. > > Thank you! > > > If you look at bits 6:4 in that register, you see the option we offer in > hardware for what kind of redirection is applied to lowest priority > interrupts. > > There are three options: > > 1. Fixed priority > > 2. Redirect last > > 3. Hash Vector > > > > If picking vector hash, then bits 10:8 specifies the APIC-ID bits used for > > the > hashing." > > The hash function just interprets a subset of vector's bits as a number > and uses that as a starting offset in a search for an enabled APIC > within the destination set? > > For example: > The x2APIC destination is 0x00000055 (= first four even APICs in cluster > 0), the vector is 0b11100000, and bits 10:8 of IntControl are 000. > > 000 means that bits 7:4 of vector are selected, thus the vector hash is > 0b1110 = 14, so the round-robin effectively does 14 % 4 (because we only > have 4 destinations) and delivers to the 3rd possible APIC (= ID 6)?
In my current implementation, I don't select a subset of vector's bits as the number, instead, I use the whole vector number. For software emulation p. o. v, do we really need to select a subset of the vector's bits as the base number? What is your opinion? Thanks a lot! Thank, Feng -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
