linux/debian/patches/features/all/rt/KVM-lapic-mark-LAPIC-timer-...

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From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 20:33:25 -0300
Subject: KVM: lapic: mark LAPIC timer handler as irqsafe
Origin: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/4.11/older/patches-4.11.9-rt7.tar.xz
Since lapic timer handler only wakes up a simple waitqueue,
it can be executed from hardirq context.
Reduces average cyclictest latency by 3us.
Signed-off-by: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
---
arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -2062,6 +2062,7 @@ int kvm_create_lapic(struct kvm_vcpu *vc
hrtimer_init(&apic->lapic_timer.timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC,
HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED);
apic->lapic_timer.timer.function = apic_timer_fn;
+ apic->lapic_timer.timer.irqsafe = 1;
/*
* APIC is created enabled. This will prevent kvm_lapic_set_base from