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Trigger the I/O APIC route rescan that's performed for a split IRQ chip after userspace updates IRQ routes in kvm_arch_irq_routing_update(), i.e. before dropping kvm->irq_lock. Calling kvm_make_all_cpus_request() under a mutex is perfectly safe, and the smp_wmb()+smp_mb__after_atomic() pair in __kvm_make_request()+kvm_check_request() ensures the new routing is visible to vCPUs prior to the request being visible to vCPUs. In all likelihood, commitb053b2aef2("KVM: x86: Add EOI exit bitmap inference") somewhat arbitrarily made the request outside of irq_lock to avoid holding irq_lock any longer than is strictly necessary. And then commitabdb080f7a("kvm/irqchip: kvm_arch_irq_routing_update renaming split") took the easy route of adding another arch hook instead of risking a functional change. Note, the call to synchronize_srcu_expedited() does NOT provide ordering guarantees with respect to vCPUs scanning the new routing; as above, the request infrastructure provides the necessary ordering. I.e. there's no need to wait for kvm_scan_ioapic_routes() to complete if it's actively running, because regardless of whether it grabs the old or new table, the vCPU will have another KVM_REQ_SCAN_IOAPIC pending, i.e. will rescan again and see the new mappings. Acked-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@intel.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250611213557.294358-2-seanjc@google.com Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
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There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.