[PATCH v2 00/21] arm64: Virtualization Host Extension support

[Marc Zyngier]

On 25/01/16 16:26, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 03:53:34PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> ARMv8.1 comes with the "Virtualization Host Extension" (VHE for
>> short), which enables simpler support of Type-2 hypervisors.
>>
>> This extension allows the kernel to directly run at EL2, and
>> significantly reduces the number of system registers shared between
>> host and guest, reducing the overhead of virtualization.
>>
>> In order to have the same kernel binary running on all versions of the
>> architecture, this series makes heavy use of runtime code patching.
>>
>> The first 20 patches massage the KVM code to deal with VHE and enable
>> Linux to run at EL2. The last patch catches an ugly case when VHE
>> capable CPUs are paired with some of their less capable siblings. This
>> should never happen, but hey...
>>
>> I have deliberately left out some of the more "advanced"
>> optimizations, as they are likely to distract the reviewer from the
>> core infrastructure, which is what I care about at the moment.
>>
>> A few things to note:
>>
>> - Given that the code has been almost entierely rewritten, I've
>>   dropped all Acks from the new patches
>>
>> - GDB is currently busted on VHE systems, as it checks for version 6
>>   on the debug architecture, while VHE is version 7. The binutils
>>   people are on the case.
> 
> [...]
> 
>>  arch/arm/include/asm/virt.h          |   5 ++
>>  arch/arm/kvm/arm.c                   | 151 +++++++++++++++++++------------
>>  arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c                   |   7 ++
>>  arch/arm64/Kconfig                   |  13 +++
>>  arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h  |   3 +-
>>  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h     |   1 +
>>  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h |   3 +
>>  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h     |  34 ++++++-
>>  arch/arm64/include/asm/virt.h        |  27 ++++++
>>  arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.c      |   3 -
>>  arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c       |  15 +++-
>>  arch/arm64/kernel/head.S             |  51 ++++++++++-
>>  arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c              |   3 +
>>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp-init.S            |  18 +---
>>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp.S                 |   7 ++
>>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S           |   6 ++
>>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/hyp-entry.S       | 107 +++++++---------------
>>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/hyp.h             | 119 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c          | 170 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/sysreg-sr.c       | 147 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
>>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/timer-sr.c        |  10 +--
>>  drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c |  96 ++++++++++++--------
>>  22 files changed, 724 insertions(+), 272 deletions(-)
> 
> Have you tried hw_breakpoint/perf/ptrace with these changes? I was under
> the impression that the debug architecture was aware of E2H and did need
> some changes made. I know you say that GDB is broken anyway, but we should
> check that the kernel does the right thing if userspace pokes it the
> right way.

I did use HW breakpoints on the model by hacking the host kernel to
return Debug Version 6 instead of 7, and things seem to work as
expected. strace also works out of the box.

As for perf, did you have something precise in mind?

Thanks,

	M.
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