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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c index 6df150eaaa78..163d340ee5f8 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c @@ -304,8 +304,17 @@ static void ioapic_write_indirect(struct kvm_ioapic *ioapic, u32 val) } else { e->bits &= ~0xffffffffULL; e->bits |= (u32) val; - e->fields.remote_irr = 0; } + + /* + * Some OSes (Linux, Xen) assume that Remote IRR bit will + * be cleared by IOAPIC hardware when the entry is configured + * as edge-triggered. This behavior is used to simulate an + * explicit EOI on IOAPICs that don't have the EOI register. + */ + if (e->fields.trig_mode == IOAPIC_EDGE_TRIG) + e->fields.remote_irr = 0; + mask_after = e->fields.mask; if (mask_before != mask_after) kvm_fire_mask_notifiers(ioapic->kvm, KVM_IRQCHIP_IOAPIC, index, mask_after); |