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-rw-r--r--virt/kvm/kvm_main.c15
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index f93b60165fd7..e9990c4c6e40 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -3396,6 +3396,19 @@ void kvm_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (kvm_vcpu_wake_up(vcpu))
return;
+ me = get_cpu();
+ /*
+ * The only state change done outside the vcpu mutex is IN_GUEST_MODE
+ * to EXITING_GUEST_MODE. Therefore the moderately expensive "should
+ * kick" check does not need atomic operations if kvm_vcpu_kick is used
+ * within the vCPU thread itself.
+ */
+ if (vcpu == __this_cpu_read(kvm_running_vcpu)) {
+ if (vcpu->mode == IN_GUEST_MODE)
+ WRITE_ONCE(vcpu->mode, EXITING_GUEST_MODE);
+ goto out;
+ }
+
/*
* Note, the vCPU could get migrated to a different pCPU at any point
* after kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick(), which could result in sending an
@@ -3403,12 +3416,12 @@ void kvm_vcpu_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
* IPI is to force the vCPU to leave IN_GUEST_MODE, and migrating the
* vCPU also requires it to leave IN_GUEST_MODE.
*/
- me = get_cpu();
if (kvm_arch_vcpu_should_kick(vcpu)) {
cpu = READ_ONCE(vcpu->cpu);
if (cpu != me && (unsigned)cpu < nr_cpu_ids && cpu_online(cpu))
smp_send_reschedule(cpu);
}
+out:
put_cpu();
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_vcpu_kick);