[PATCH 5/6] arm/arm64: vgic-new: Implement VGICv3 CPU interface access

Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier at arm.com
Sat Sep 17 04:37:56 PDT 2016


On Sat, 17 Sep 2016 11:58:48 +0530
Vijay Kilari <vijay.kilari at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 10:37 PM, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com> wrote:
> > On 16/09/16 17:57, Vijay Kilari wrote:  
> >> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 8:06 PM, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com> wrote:  
> >>> On 16/09/16 13:20, vijay.kilari at gmail.com wrote:  
> >>>> From: Vijaya Kumar K <Vijaya.Kumar at cavium.com>
> >>>>
> >>>> VGICv3 CPU interface registers are accessed using
> >>>> KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CPU_SYSREGS ioctl. These registers are accessed
> >>>> as 64-bit. The cpu MPIDR value is passed along with register id.
> >>>> is used to identify the cpu for registers access.
> >>>>
> >>>> The version of VGIC v3 specification is define here
> >>>> http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2016-July/445611.html
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Pavel Fedin <p.fedin at samsung.com>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Vijaya Kumar K <Vijaya.Kumar at cavium.com>
> >>>> ---
> >>>>  arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h   |   3 +
> >>>>  arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile             |   1 +
> >>>>  include/linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v3.h  |  30 ++++
> >>>>  virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-kvm-device.c |  27 ++++
> >>>>  virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-mmio-v3.c    |  18 +++
> >>>>  virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-sys-reg-v3.c | 296 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>>>  virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.h            |  10 ++
> >>>>  7 files changed, 385 insertions(+)  
> >
> > [...]
> >  
> >>>> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-sys-reg-v3.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-sys-reg-v3.c
> >>>> new file mode 100644
> >>>> index 0000000..8e4f403
> >>>> --- /dev/null
> >>>> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-sys-reg-v3.c
> >>>> @@ -0,0 +1,296 @@
> >>>> +#include <linux/irqchip/arm-gic-v3.h>
> >>>> +#include <linux/kvm.h>
> >>>> +#include <linux/kvm_host.h>
> >>>> +#include <kvm/iodev.h>
> >>>> +#include <kvm/arm_vgic.h>
> >>>> +#include <asm/kvm_emulate.h>
> >>>> +#include <asm/kvm_arm.h>
> >>>> +#include <asm/kvm_mmu.h>
> >>>> +
> >>>> +#include "vgic.h"
> >>>> +#include "vgic-mmio.h"
> >>>> +#include "sys_regs.h"
> >>>> +
> >>>> +static bool access_gic_ctlr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct sys_reg_params *p,
> >>>> +                         const struct sys_reg_desc *r)
> >>>> +{
> >>>> +     struct vgic_vmcr vmcr;
> >>>> +     u64 val;
> >>>> +     u32 ich_vtr;
> >>>> +
> >>>> +     vgic_get_vmcr(vcpu, &vmcr);
> >>>> +     if (p->is_write) {
> >>>> +             val = p->regval;
> >>>> +             vmcr.ctlr &= ~(ICH_VMCR_CBPR_MASK | ICH_VMCR_EOIM_MASK);
> >>>> +             vmcr.ctlr |= ((val & ICC_CTLR_EL1_CBPR_MASK) >>
> >>>> +                           ICC_CTLR_EL1_CBPR_SHIFT) << ICH_VMCR_CBPR_SHIFT;
> >>>> +             vmcr.ctlr |= ((val & ICC_CTLR_EL1_EOImode_MASK) >>
> >>>> +                          ICC_CTLR_EL1_EOImode_SHIFT) << ICH_VMCR_EOIM_SHIFT;
> >>>> +             vgic_set_vmcr(vcpu, &vmcr);  
> >>>
> >>> You've ignored my comments again: "What if userspace writes something
> >>> that is incompatible with the current configuration? Wrong number of ID
> >>> bits, or number of priorities?"  
> >>
> >> IMO, In case of incompatibility,
> >> If ID bits and PRI bits are less than HW supported, it is ok.  
> >
> > Yes. But you also need to track of what the guest has programmed in
> > order to be able to migrate it back to its original configuration.  
> 
> You mean the vgic has to track/store the ID and PRI bits that guest
> has programmed
> and return the same when guest reads back instead of
> returning HW supported value for ICC_CTLR_EL1 reg access?.

If you have two hosts (A and B), A having 5 bits of priority and B
having 7 bits, you should be able to migrate from A to B, and then from
B to A. Which means you have to preserve what the guest knows to be its
configuration, even if you run on a more capable system. Otherwise,
you're a bit stuck.

You probably won't be able to hide the discrepancy from inside the
guest though (the guest will be able to observe the change), but this
is better than nothing.

Thanks,

	M.
-- 
Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny.



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