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Re: [Xen-devel] Bug: Windows 2003 fails to install on xen-unstable tip



On 23/04/13 16:02, Jan Beulich wrote:
On 23.04.13 at 16:57, George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 23/04/13 15:55, Jan Beulich wrote:
On 23.04.13 at 16:21, George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 23/04/13 14:00, Jan Beulich wrote:
On 23.04.13 at 13:52, George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 23/04/13 12:33, Jan Beulich wrote:
Just went through that change again: The only thing that changes
is that while rtc_periodic_cb() (simply setting REG_C flags) got
called at the end of pt_intr_post(), rtc_periodic_interrupt() now
gets called from pt_update_irq(), and therefore takes care of
asserting the IRQ itself (which originally happened inside
pt_update_irq()) along with setting REG_C flags. Bottom line -
all the patch changes is when exactly REG_PF (and possibly
REG_IRQF) get set, and whether the IRQ actually gets asserted.
So that last bit seems to do these things:
a. Changes when the handling happens in the Xen interrupt handler
b. Causes assert/deassert to only happen if !(C.PF) && (B.PIE)
     (Before it happened unconditionally)
c. Causes C.IRQF=1 only if (same condition above)
    (Before it happened unconditionally)
d. Runs destroy_periodic_timer() if C.PF already

So just to figure out what it was that w2k3 wanted, I tried a bunch of
variations:

* All of above
    BAD
* a only; always assert/deassert + set C.IRQF
    GOOD
* always assert/deassert, but leave destroy_periodic_timer and IRQF
setting alone
    FAIL
* destroy if C.PF, assert/deassert, set IRQF if setting C.PF (don't
check B.PIE)
    FAIL
* destroy if C.PF, always assert/deassert + set C.IRQF
    FAIL
* never destroy, assert/deassert + set C.IRQF if setting C.PF
    FAIL
* never destroy, assert/deassert + set C.IRQF if !C.IRQF
    FAIL

In short, it seems that w2k3 basically expects an unlimited number of
attempts to actually deliver the interrupt.
Not always doing the deassert/assert pair was actually part of Tim's
subsequent changes - before that it got called conditionally upon
B.PIE, but always set C.IRQF and always deasserted and asserted.
Since we know from the debug log that B.PIE is set, I fail to see how
the code prior to "x86/hvm: Centralize and simplify the RTC IRQ logic"
would have not worked, but the above case turned out GOOD.

So did his earlier 3 changes perhaps fix the issue, and the fourth re-
introduced it?
If you've got a git hash I can try to revert it.
527824f41f5fac9cba3d4441b2e73d3118d98837

Reverting that c/s has no effect.

And if I then make the change that made it work before -- namely, unconditionally calling rtc_toggle_irq in rtc_periodic_interrupt() -- then the w2k3 installer just spins instead of hangs.

At this point I think it's worth asking: is raising needless IRQs and running non-used pmtimers really causing that big of an issue? Given that I've just spent a whole day trying to debug this, wouldn't it be better just to revert all the rtc-related changesets from 620d5da?

 -George

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