The patch below does not apply to the 4.3-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.
thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 934bf65354227981df15bbc755d33f4ba3443ff2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matt Gingell <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2015 15:26:05 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] KVM: x86: set KVM_REQ_EVENT on local interrupt request from user space Set KVM_REQ_EVENT when a PIC in user space injects a local interrupt. Currently a request is only made when neither the PIC nor the APIC is in the kernel, which is not sufficient in the split IRQ chip case. This addresses a problem in QEMU where interrupts are delayed until another path invokes the event loop. Reviewed-by: Steve Rutherford <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Matt Gingell <[email protected]> Fixes: 1c1a9ce973a7863dd46767226bce2a5f12d48bc6 Cc: [email protected] Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <[email protected]> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c index 32f6b760682c..f254e296d368 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c @@ -2806,6 +2806,7 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, return -EEXIST; vcpu->arch.pending_external_vector = irq->irq; + kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_EVENT, vcpu); return 0; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
