KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add tunable to control H_IPI redirection
Redirecting the wakeup of a VCPU from the H_IPI hypercall to
a core running in the host is usually a good idea, most workloads
seemed to benefit. However, in one heavily interrupt-driven SMT1
workload, some regression was observed. This patch adds a kvm_hv
module parameter called h_ipi_redirect to control this feature.
The default value for this tunable is 1 - that is enable the feature.
Signed-off-by: Suresh Warrier <warrier@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rm_xics.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rm_xics.c
index e673fb9..980d8a6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rm_xics.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rm_xics.c
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
#define DEBUG_PASSUP
+int h_ipi_redirect = 1;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(h_ipi_redirect);
+
static void icp_rm_deliver_irq(struct kvmppc_xics *xics, struct kvmppc_icp *icp,
u32 new_irq);
@@ -148,7 +151,7 @@
cpu = vcpu->arch.thread_cpu;
if (cpu < 0 || cpu >= nr_cpu_ids) {
hcore = -1;
- if (kvmppc_host_rm_ops_hv)
+ if (kvmppc_host_rm_ops_hv && h_ipi_redirect)
hcore = find_available_hostcore(XICS_RM_KICK_VCPU);
if (hcore != -1) {
icp_send_hcore_msg(hcore, vcpu);