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Re: [PATCH] x86/hvm: Advertise and support extended destination IDs for MSI/IO-APIC


  • To: Julian Vetter <julian.vetter@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:28:51 +0100
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  • Cc: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>, Teddy Astie <teddy.astie@xxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Delivery-date: Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:29:01 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

On 19.02.2026 14:08, Julian Vetter wrote:
> On 2/9/26 14:40, Teddy Astie wrote:
>> Le 09/02/2026 à 12:36, Julian Vetter a écrit :
>>> --- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vioapic.c
>>> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vioapic.c
>>> @@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ static void ioapic_inj_irq(
>>>    
>>>    static void vioapic_deliver(struct hvm_vioapic *vioapic, unsigned int 
>>> pin)
>>>    {
>>> -    uint16_t dest = vioapic->redirtbl[pin].fields.dest_id;
>>> +    uint32_t dest = VIOAPIC_RTE_DEST(vioapic->redirtbl[pin].bits);
>>
>> I would rather introduce a new field in vioapic_redir_entry for the
>> extended dest part; and compute dest from that and dest_id.
> 
> Here I have a question. This struct is a public ABI struct. 
> vioapic_redir_entry is defined in 
> xen/include/public/arch-x86/hvm/save.h. It's part of XENs VM 
> save/restore operation. It is used by libxc and toolstacks to migrate 
> VMs between hosts. Changing the struct might be undesirable? Yes, it 
> would make the code cleaner. having a bit entry for the extended dest 
> bits. What's the general opinion on this? With the VIOAPIC_RTE_DEST 
> macro I avoided touching this struct...

Which in turn raises the question: How do you migrate those bits? It looks
like you're losing them.

Jan



 


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