Ingo Molnar wrote on 2013-03-08:
> 
> * Gleb Natapov <g...@redhat.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 02:26:25PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>>> 
>>> * Yang Zhang <yang.z.zh...@intel.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c
>>>> index 6e03b0d..2329a54 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c
>>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c
>>>> @@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ static void __init apic_intr_init(void)
>>>> 
>>>>    /* IPI for X86 platform specific use */
>>>>    alloc_intr_gate(X86_PLATFORM_IPI_VECTOR, x86_platform_ipi);
>>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM
>>>> +  /* IPI for KVM to deliver posted interrupt */
>>>> +  alloc_intr_gate(POSTED_INTR_VECTOR, kvm_posted_intr_ipi);
>>>> +#endif
>>> 
>>> Please avoid wasting an IDT entry by reusing x86_platform_ipi.
>>> 
>>> A KVM guest is in essence one type of 'x86 platform', and this callback is 
>>> used
>>> by hardware platforms, so collision is not an issue AFAICS.
>> 
>> This is IPI send by a host though.
> 
> But received on the guest side, right?

Yes, both guest and host will receive it.

Best regards,
Yang

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