[PATCH v5 0/4] Target CPU=Host implementation for KVM ARM/ARM64

Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier at arm.com
Wed Oct 2 12:17:41 EDT 2013


On 02/10/13 17:04, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 02:20:04PM +0530, Anup Patel wrote:
>> It will be very useful for user space (QEMU/KVMTOOL) if it has a
>> method of querying VCPU target type matching to underlying Host.
>> We can use such querying mechanism and implement machine models
>> in user space where VCPU target type is always same-as/similar-to
>> underlying Host (i.e. Target CPU=Host).
>>
>> This patch series implements KVM_ARM_PREFERRED_TARGET vm ioclt for
>> querying VCPU target type matching underlying host. Using this new
>> ioctl we can implement VCPU target CPU=Host in user space.
>>
>> Also, it is not mandatory to call KVM_ARM_PREFERRED_TARGET vm ioctl
>> and the old method of trying all possible target types using the
>> KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT ioctl to initialize VCPU works fine.
>>
> Looks good to me, as soon as Marc acks this one, I'll merge it.

Yup, go for it:

Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>

	M.
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