[PATCH] KVM: ARM: ignore guest L2 cache control SMCs on Highbank and OMAP
Andre Przywara
andre.przywara at calxeda.com
Wed Aug 14 16:20:03 EDT 2013
On 08/14/2013 08:54 PM, Rob Herring wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 4:22 AM, Andre Przywara
> <andre.przywara at calxeda.com> wrote:
>> Guest kernels with CONFIG_L2X0 set (for instance Highbank or OMAP4)
>> will trigger SMCs to handle the L2 cache controller (PL310).
>> This will currently inject #UNDEFs and eventually stop the guest.
>>
>> We don't need explicit L2 cache controller handling on A15s anymore,
>> so it is safe to simply ignore these calls and proceed with the next
>> instruction.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at calxeda.com>
>> ---
>> arch/arm/kvm/handle_exit.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)
>
> At least for highbank, we can fix this in the kernel:
Yes, and we should do. But that won't fix older guest kernels, say
Ubuntu 12.10 or the like. And I think this is a use case for
virtualization, so we need both, guest and host fix.
Regards,
Andre
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-highbank/highbank.c
> b/arch/arm/mach-highbank/highbank.c
> index 1894dcf..b5d0375 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-highbank/highbank.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-highbank/highbank.c
> @@ -77,8 +77,10 @@ static void __init highbank_init_irq(void)
> {
> irqchip_init();
>
> - if (of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "arm,cortex-a9"))
> - highbank_scu_map_io();
> + if (!of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "arm,cortex-a9"))
> + return;
> +
> + highbank_scu_map_io();
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_CACHE_L2X0
> /* Enable PL310 L2 Cache controller */
>
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/handle_exit.c b/arch/arm/kvm/handle_exit.c
>> index df4c82d..2cbe6a0 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/kvm/handle_exit.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/kvm/handle_exit.c
>> @@ -50,8 +50,28 @@ static int handle_hvc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
>> return 1;
>> }
>>
>> +/*
>> + * OMAP4 and Highbank machines do a SMC call to handle the L2 cache
>> + * controller. They put 0x102 in r12 to request this functionality.
>> + * This is not needed on A15s, so we can safely ignore it in KVM guests.
>> + */
>> +static int kvm_ignore_l2x0_call(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>> +{
>> + unsigned long fn_nr = *vcpu_reg(vcpu, 12) & ~((u32) 0);
>> +
>> + if (fn_nr == 0x102) {
>> + kvm_skip_instr(vcpu, kvm_vcpu_trap_il_is32bit(vcpu));
>> + return 1;
>> + }
>> +
>> + return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>> static int handle_smc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
>> {
>> + if (kvm_ignore_l2x0_call(vcpu))
>> + return 1;
>> +
>> kvm_inject_undefined(vcpu);
>> return 1;
>> }
>> --
>> 1.7.12.1
>>
>>
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