Commit "e1000e: Prevent MSI/MSI-X storms" introduced msi_causes_pending
to prevent interrupt storms problem. It was tested with MSI-X.
In case of MSI, the guest can rely solely on interrupts to clear ICR.
Upon clearing all pending interrupts, msi_causes_pending gets cleared.
However, when e1000e_itr_should_postpone() in e1000e_send_msi() returns
true, MSI never gets fired by e1000e_intrmgr_on_throttling_timer()
because msi_causes_pending is still set. This results in interrupt loss.
To prevent this, we need to clear msi_causes_pending when MSI is going
to get fired by the throttling timer. The guest can then receive
interrupts eventually.
Signed-off-by: Ake Koomsin <ake@igel.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Jason Wang <jasowang@redhat.com>
if (msi_enabled(timer->core->owner)) {
trace_e1000e_irq_msi_notify_postponed();
+ /* Clear msi_causes_pending to fire MSI eventually */
+ timer->core->msi_causes_pending = 0;
e1000e_set_interrupt_cause(timer->core, 0);
} else {
trace_e1000e_irq_legacy_notify_postponed();