[RFC PATCH 1/5] ARM/ARM64: KVM: Update user space API header for PSCI emulation

Christoffer Dall christoffer.dall at linaro.org
Wed Oct 16 16:30:51 EDT 2013


On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 10:32:30PM +0530, Anup Patel wrote:
> Update user space API interface headers for providing information to
> user space needed to emulate PSCI function calls in user space (i.e.
> QEMU or KVMTOOL).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <anup.patel at linaro.org>
> Signed-off-by: Pranavkumar Sawargaonkar <pranavkumar at linaro.org>
> ---
>  include/uapi/linux/kvm.h |    7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> index e32e776..dae2664 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> @@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ struct kvm_pit_config {
>  #define KVM_EXIT_WATCHDOG         21
>  #define KVM_EXIT_S390_TSCH        22
>  #define KVM_EXIT_EPR              23
> +#define KVM_EXIT_PSCI             24
>  
>  /* For KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR */
>  /* Emulate instruction failed. */
> @@ -301,6 +302,12 @@ struct kvm_run {
>  		struct {
>  			__u32 epr;
>  		} epr;
> +		/* KVM_EXIT_PSCI */
> +		struct {
> +			__u32 fn;
> +			__u64 args[7];
> +			__u64 ret[4];
> +		} psci;
>  		/* Fix the size of the union. */
>  		char padding[256];
>  	};
> -- 
> 1.7.9.5
> 

I think you'd need a KVM_CAP_PSCI or something here so that QEMU can
know to mmap this much, no?

Also, it would be easier if you just added the documentation for this
change together with this patch IMHO.

-Christoffer



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