[kvmarm] [PATCH v5 07/12] ARM: KVM: VGIC virtual CPU interface management

Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier at arm.com
Wed Jan 16 11:17:33 EST 2013


On Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:13:08 -0500, Christoffer Dall
<c.dall at virtualopensystems.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
> wrote:
>> On 16/01/13 15:29, Christoffer Dall wrote:
>>> [...]
>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_vgic.h
>>>>> b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_vgic.h
>>>>> index 1ace491..f9d1977 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_vgic.h
>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_vgic.h
>>>>> @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
>>>>>  #define VGIC_NR_PRIVATE_IRQS (VGIC_NR_SGIS + VGIC_NR_PPIS)
>>>>>  #define VGIC_NR_SHARED_IRQS  (VGIC_NR_IRQS - VGIC_NR_PRIVATE_IRQS)
>>>>>  #define VGIC_MAX_CPUS                KVM_MAX_VCPUS
>>>>> +#define VGIC_MAX_LRS         64
>>>>
>>>> Consider this instead (for the reason below)
>>>> #define VGIC_MAX_LRS    (1 << 7)
>>>>
>>>
>>> so here you mean (1 << 6), right?
>>
>> No. We have a 6 bit field that contains (NR_LRS - 1). So the maximum
>> value is (0b111111 + 1), which is (1 << 7).
>>
> 
> eh, (1 << 7) is 128, and we have a maximum value of 63 (which plus the
> one is 64). You can verify this by thinking about having four bits, is
> a halfword, which we use hex numbers to deal with, so the number of
> values you can decode there is 16, then you have two more bits, which
> each doubles the number of values, so this becomes 64 values total,
> ie. from 0 through 63.  :)
> 

Blah. Ignore me, I'm being stupid.

> 
> 
>>>
>>>>>  /* Sanity checks... */
>>>>>  #if (VGIC_MAX_CPUS > 8)
>>>>> @@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ struct vgic_cpu {
>>>>>       DECLARE_BITMAP( pending_shared, VGIC_NR_SHARED_IRQS);
>>>>>
>>>>>       /* Bitmap of used/free list registers */
>>>>> -     DECLARE_BITMAP( lr_used, 64);
>>>>> +     DECLARE_BITMAP( lr_used, VGIC_MAX_LRS);
>>>>>
>>>>>       /* Number of list registers on this CPU */
>>>>>       int             nr_lr;
>>>>> @@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ struct vgic_cpu {
>>>>>       u32             vgic_eisr[2];   /* Saved only */
>>>>>       u32             vgic_elrsr[2];  /* Saved only */
>>>>>       u32             vgic_apr;
>>>>> -     u32             vgic_lr[64];    /* A15 has only 4... */
>>>>> +     u32             vgic_lr[VGIC_MAX_LRS];
>>>>>  #endif
>>>>>  };
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/vgic.c b/arch/arm/kvm/vgic.c
>>>>> index a0d283c..90a99fd 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/arm/kvm/vgic.c
>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/kvm/vgic.c
>>>>> @@ -1345,6 +1345,8 @@ int kvm_vgic_hyp_init(void)
>>>>>
>>>>>       vgic_nr_lr = readl_relaxed(vgic_vctrl_base + GICH_VTR);
>>>>>       vgic_nr_lr = (vgic_nr_lr & 0x1f) + 1;
>>>>
>>>> There is a bug here. It should be:
>>>>         vgic_nr_lr = (vgic_nr_lr & 0x2f) + 1;
>>>>
>>>
>>> and here you mean (vgic_nr_lr & 0x3f) + 1
>>> right?
>>
>> Neither. 0x2f is the right value. See the GIC spec, 5.3.2, GICH_VTR
>> register.
>>
> I'm looking at it, and I don't understand why you don't want to
> consider bit[4] ?

Because it's not a prime number? ;-)

I think I should stay away from patches these days, I'm clearly not
thinking straight. Thanks for coping with my lack of brain.

        M.
-- 
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