[PATCH v3 55/59] KVM: arm/arm64: GICv4: Enable VLPI support

Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier at arm.com
Mon Jul 31 10:26:33 PDT 2017


All it takes is the has_v4 flag to be set in gic_kvm_info
as well as "kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=1" being passed on the
command line for GICv4 to be enabled in KVM.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
---
 Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt |  4 ++++
 virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v3.c                     | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index d9c171ce4190..d2927d01d8b2 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1874,6 +1874,10 @@
 			[KVM,ARM] Trap guest accesses to GICv3 common
 			system registers
 
+	kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable=
+			[KVM,ARM] Allow use of GICv4 for direct injection of
+			LPIs.
+
 	kvm-intel.ept=	[KVM,Intel] Disable extended page tables
 			(virtualized MMU) support on capable Intel chips.
 			Default is 1 (enabled)
diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v3.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v3.c
index 96ea597db0e7..405733678c2f 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v3.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v3.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 static bool group0_trap;
 static bool group1_trap;
 static bool common_trap;
+static bool gicv4_enable;
 
 void vgic_v3_set_underflow(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
@@ -459,6 +460,12 @@ static int __init early_common_trap_cfg(char *buf)
 }
 early_param("kvm-arm.vgic_v3_common_trap", early_common_trap_cfg);
 
+static int __init early_gicv4_enable(char *buf)
+{
+	return strtobool(buf, &gicv4_enable);
+}
+early_param("kvm-arm.vgic_v4_enable", early_gicv4_enable);
+
 /**
  * vgic_v3_probe - probe for a GICv3 compatible interrupt controller in DT
  * @node:	pointer to the DT node
@@ -478,6 +485,13 @@ int vgic_v3_probe(const struct gic_kvm_info *info)
 	kvm_vgic_global_state.can_emulate_gicv2 = false;
 	kvm_vgic_global_state.ich_vtr_el2 = ich_vtr_el2;
 
+	/* GICv4 support? */
+	if (info->has_v4) {
+		kvm_vgic_global_state.has_gicv4 = gicv4_enable;
+		kvm_info("GICv4 support %sabled\n",
+			 gicv4_enable ? "en" : "dis");
+	}
+
 	if (!info->vcpu.start) {
 		kvm_info("GICv3: no GICV resource entry\n");
 		kvm_vgic_global_state.vcpu_base = 0;
-- 
2.11.0




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