[PATCH v3 18/19] KVM: arm64: ITS: Device table save/restore

Auger Eric eric.auger at redhat.com
Fri Mar 24 04:27:31 PDT 2017


Hi,

On 24/03/2017 12:12, Andre Przywara wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 24/03/17 10:45, Auger Eric wrote:
>> Hi Andre,
>>
>> On 24/03/2017 11:38, Auger Eric wrote:
>>> Hi Andre,
>>>
>>> On 22/03/2017 15:39, Andre Przywara wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On 06/03/17 11:34, Eric Auger wrote:
>>>>> This patch flushes the device table entries into guest RAM.
>>>>> Both flat table and 2 stage tables are supported.  DeviceId
>>>>> indexing is used.
>>>>>
>>>>> For each device listed in the device table, we also flush
>>>>> the translation table using the vgic_its_flush/restore_itt
>>>>> routines.
>>>>>
>>>>> On restore, devices are re-allocated and their itte are
>>>>> re-built.
>>>>
>>>> Some minor things below.
>>>> In general I had quite some trouble to understand what's going on here,
>>>> though I convinced myself that this is correct. So could you add a bit
>>>> more comments here? For instance to explain that we have to explicitly
>>>> handle the L1 table on restore, but not on flush.
>>>
>>> On flush vgic_its_check_id does the 2 stage handling and computes the
>>> entry address from the devid:
>>>
>>> 		if (!vgic_its_check_id(its, baser,
>>> 				       dev->device_id, &eaddr))
>>>
>>> Then you simply flush the entry at that address
>>>
>>> On restore, you need to scan the level1 and level2 tables for valid entries.
>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger at redhat.com>
>>>>>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> v2 -> v3:
>>>>> - fix itt_addr bitmask in vgic_its_restore_dte
>>>>> - addition of return 0 in vgic_its_restore_ite moved to
>>>>>   the ITE related patch
>>>>>
>>>>> v1 -> v2:
>>>>> - use 8 byte format for DTE and ITE
>>>>> - support 2 stage format
>>>>> - remove kvm parameter
>>>>> - ITT flush/restore moved in a separate patch
>>>>> - use deviceid indexing
>>>>> ---
>>>>>  virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c | 144 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>>>>>  1 file changed, 142 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
>>>>> index a216849..27ebabd 100644
>>>>> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
>>>>> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
>>>>> @@ -1849,12 +1849,137 @@ static int vgic_its_restore_itt(struct vgic_its *its,
>>>>>  }
>>>>>  
>>>>>  /**
>>>>> + * vgic_its_flush_dte - Flush a device table entry at a given GPA
>>>>> + *
>>>>> + * @its: ITS handle
>>>>> + * @dev: ITS device
>>>>> + * @ptr: GPA
>>>>> + */
>>>>> +static int vgic_its_flush_dte(struct vgic_its *its,
>>>>> +			      struct its_device *dev, gpa_t ptr)
>>>>> +{
>>>>> +	struct kvm *kvm = its->dev->kvm;
>>>>> +	u64 val, itt_addr_field;
>>>>> +	int ret;
>>>>> +	u32 next_offset;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	itt_addr_field = dev->itt_addr >> 8;
>>>>> +	next_offset = compute_next_devid_offset(&its->device_list, dev);
>>>>> +	val = (((u64)next_offset << 45) | (itt_addr_field << 5) |
>>>>
>>>> So this gives you 19 bits for next_offset, but the value of
>>>> VITS_DTE_MAX_DEVID_OFFSET suggests 20 bits. It should become more
>>>> obvious what's happening here if use "BITS(x) - 1" at the definition as
>>>> suggested before.
>>> Yes this should be 19 bits
>>>>
>>>> Also you limit itt_addr here to 40 bits, where the actual limit seems to
>>>> be 44 bits (52 - 8). Is that limited by KVM somewhere else?
>>>
>>> Those 40 bits match [47:8] of the itt_addr. I limited to 48 since I
>>> found a comment saying
>>> /*
>>>  * We only implement 48 bits of PA at the moment, although the ITS
>>>  * supports more. Let's be restrictive here.
>>>  */
>>>
>>>
>>> On the other hand there is
>>> #define its_cmd_get_ittaddr(cmd) its_cmd_mask_field(cmd, 2,  8, 44)
>>> To me this is wrong. I would have expected its_cmd_mask_field(cmd, 2,
>>> 8, 47) instead as the other *_ADDRESS()
>> Forget that. That's my own code which is wrong!
> 
> Ah, that would explain why I was just struggling to find it ;-)
> Please note that the last parameters is a "size", which really means
> "number of bits". That's different from GENMASK, which takes the last
> valid bit.
Oh so my code was correct eventually and covered the whole range offered
by the HW (52 bits). After working with GENMASK() I mixed up and did not
understand my own code anymore.
> Also there is "slight glitch" in the spec here:
> The bit *diagram* for MAPD puts the last valid ITT address bit at 50,
> but the text clearly speaks or [51:8], which also makes more sense.
Yes I noticed that and reported it to Marc too.

Thanks!

Eric
> 
> Cheers,
> Andre.
> 



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