Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 4/4] x86/apic: allow enabling x2APIC mode regardless of interrupt remapping

2019-12-09 Thread Jan Beulich
On 09.12.2019 11:56, Roger Pau Monné wrote: > On Thu, Dec 05, 2019 at 10:45:59AM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote: >> On 04.12.2019 17:20, Roger Pau Monne wrote: >>> +switch ( iommu_enable_x2apic() ) >>> { >>> +case 0: >>> +iommu_x2apic_enabled = true; >>> +

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 4/4] x86/apic: allow enabling x2APIC mode regardless of interrupt remapping

2019-12-09 Thread Roger Pau Monné
On Thu, Dec 05, 2019 at 10:45:59AM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote: > On 04.12.2019 17:20, Roger Pau Monne wrote: > > +switch ( iommu_enable_x2apic() ) > > { > > +case 0: > > +iommu_x2apic_enabled = true; > > +break; > > + > > +case -ENXIO: /*

Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 4/4] x86/apic: allow enabling x2APIC mode regardless of interrupt remapping

2019-12-05 Thread Jan Beulich
On 04.12.2019 17:20, Roger Pau Monne wrote: > x2APIC mode doesn't mandate interrupt remapping, and hence can be > enabled independently. This patch enables x2APIC when available, > regardless of whether there's interrupt remapping support. > > This is beneficial specially when running on

[Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 4/4] x86/apic: allow enabling x2APIC mode regardless of interrupt remapping

2019-12-04 Thread Roger Pau Monne
x2APIC mode doesn't mandate interrupt remapping, and hence can be enabled independently. This patch enables x2APIC when available, regardless of whether there's interrupt remapping support. This is beneficial specially when running on virtualized environments, since it reduces the amount of