[PATCH v3] KVM: arm/arm64: Add VGICv3 save/restore API documentation

Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier at arm.com
Fri May 13 08:05:19 PDT 2016


On 13/05/16 15:43, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> Factor out the GICv3-specific documentation into a separate
> documentation file.  Add description for how to access distributor,
> redistributor, and CPU interface registers for GICv3 in this new file,
> and add a group for accesing level triggered IRQ information for GICv3

accessing

> as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall at linaro.org>
> ---
> Changes since v2:
>  - Changed distributor access to be 32-bits in size
>  - Clearly specified data type pointed to by addr field
>  - Specified exception behavior for STATUSR registers
>  - Added group for level-triggered IRQ status info
>  - Removed acks from Marc/Peter as content has changed
> 
>  Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-v3.txt | 176 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt    |  21 +--
>  2 files changed, 180 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-v3.txt
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-v3.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-v3.txt
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..69201e8
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-v3.txt
> @@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
> +ARM Virtual Generic Interrupt Controller v3 and later (VGICv3)
> +==============================================================
> +
> +
> +Device types supported:
> +  KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3     ARM Generic Interrupt Controller v3.0
> +
> +Only one VGIC instance may be instantiated through this API.  The created VGIC
> +will act as the VM interrupt controller, requiring emulated user-space devices
> +to inject interrupts to the VGIC instead of directly to CPUs.  It is not
> +possible to create both a GICv3 and GICv2 on the same VM.
> +
> +Creating a guest GICv3 device requires a host GICv3 as well.
> +
> +Groups:
> +  KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_ADDR
> +  Attributes:
> +    KVM_VGIC_V3_ADDR_TYPE_DIST (rw, 64-bit)
> +      Base address in the guest physical address space of the GICv3 distributor
> +      register mappings. Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3.
> +      This address needs to be 64K aligned and the region covers 64 KByte.
> +
> +    KVM_VGIC_V3_ADDR_TYPE_REDIST (rw, 64-bit)
> +      Base address in the guest physical address space of the GICv3
> +      redistributor register mappings. There are two 64K pages for each
> +      VCPU and all of the redistributor pages are contiguous.
> +      Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3.
> +      This address needs to be 64K aligned.
> +
> +
> +  KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_DIST_REGS
> +  KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_REDIST_REGS
> +  Attributes:
> +    The attr field of kvm_device_attr encodes two values:
> +    bits:     | 63   ....  32  |  31   ....    0 |
> +    values:   |      mpidr     |      offset     |
> +
> +    All distributor regs are (rw, 32-bit) and kvm_device_attr.addr points to a
> +    __u32 value.  64-bit registers must be accessed by separately accessing the
> +    lower and higher word.
> +
> +    Writes to read-only registers can be ignored by the kernel.
> +
> +    KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_DIST_REGS accesses the main distributor registers.
> +    KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_REDIST_REGS accesses the redistributor of the CPU
> +    specified by the mpidr.
> +
> +    The offset is relative to the "[Re]Distributor base address" as defined
> +    in the GICv3/4 specs.  Getting or setting such a register has the same
> +    effect as reading or writing the register on real hardware (except for
> +    GICD_STATUS and GICR_STATUSR, see blow), and the mpidr field is used to

                                         below

> +    specify which redistributor is accessed.  The mpidr is ignored for the
> +    distributor.
> +
> +    The mpidr encoding is based on the affinity information in the
> +    architecture defined MPIDR, and the field is encoded as follows:
> +      | 63 .... 56 | 55 .... 48 | 47 .... 40 | 39 .... 32 |
> +      |    Aff3    |    Aff2    |    Aff1    |    Aff0    |
> +
> +    Note that distributor fields are not banked, but return the same value
> +    regardless of the mpidr used to access the register.
> +
> +    The GICD_STATUSR and GICR_STATUSR registers are architecturally defined such
> +    that a write of a clear bit has no effect, whereas a write with a set bit
> +    clears that value.  To allow userspace to freely set the values of these two
> +    registers, setting the attributes with the register offsets for these two
> +    registers simply sets the non-reserved bits to the value written.
> +  Limitations:
> +    - Priorities are not implemented, and registers are RAZ/WI
> +  Errors:
> +    -ENXIO: Getting or setting this register is not yet supported
> +    -EBUSY: One or more VCPUs are running
> +
> +
> +  KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CPU_SYSREGS
> +  Attributes:
> +    The attr field of kvm_device_attr encodes two values:
> +    bits:     | 63      ....       32 | 31  ....  16 | 15  ....  0 |
> +    values:   |         mpidr         |      RES     |    instr    |
> +
> +    The mpidr field encodes the CPU ID based on the affinity information in the
> +    architecture defined MPIDR, and the field is encoded as follows:
> +      | 63 .... 56 | 55 .... 48 | 47 .... 40 | 39 .... 32 |
> +      |    Aff3    |    Aff2    |    Aff1    |    Aff0   |
> +
> +    The instr field encodes the system register to access based on the fields
> +    defined in the A64 instruction set encoding for system register access
> +    (RES means the bits are reserved for future use and should be zero):

Should we call this field RES0 in order to match the various
architecture documents?

> +
> +      | 15 ... 14 | 13 ... 11 | 10 ... 7 | 6 ... 3 | 2 ... 0 |
> +      |   Op 0    |    Op1    |    CRn   |   CRm   |   Op2   |
> +
> +    All system regs accessed through this API are (rw, 64-bit) and
> +    kvm_device_attr.addr points to a __u64 value.
> +
> +    KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CPU_SYSREGS accesses the CPU interface registers for the
> +    CPU specified by the mpidr field.
> +
> +
> +  Limitations:
> +    - Priorities are not implemented, and registers are RAZ/WI

Is that still true? We should also document the lack of Group0 support.

> +  Errors:
> +    -ENXIO: Getting or setting this register is not yet supported
> +    -EBUSY: VCPU is running
> +    -EINVAL: Invalid mpidr supplied
> +
> +
> +  KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_NR_IRQS
> +  Attributes:
> +    A value describing the number of interrupts (SGI, PPI and SPI) for
> +    this GIC instance, ranging from 64 to 1024, in increments of 32.
> +
> +    kvm_device_attr.addr points to a __u32 value.
> +
> +  Errors:
> +    -EINVAL: Value set is out of the expected range
> +    -EBUSY: Value has already be set.
> +
> +
> +  KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CTRL
> +  Attributes:
> +    KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CTRL_INIT
> +      request the initialization of the VGIC, no additional parameter in
> +      kvm_device_attr.addr.
> +  Errors:
> +    -ENXIO: VGIC not properly configured as required prior to calling
> +     this attribute
> +    -ENODEV: no online VCPU
> +    -ENOMEM: memory shortage when allocating vgic internal data
> +
> +
> +  KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_LEVEL_INFO
> +  Attributes:
> +    The attr field of kvm_device_attr encodes the following values:
> +    bits:     | 63      ....       32 | 31   ....    10 | 9  ....  0 |
> +    values:   |         mpidr         |      info       |   vINTID   |
> +
> +    The vINTID specifies which set of IRQs is reported on.
> +
> +    The info field specifies which information userspace wants to get or set
> +    using this interface.  Currently we support two different pieces of
> +    information:
> +
> +      VGIC_LEVEL_INFO_LINE_LEVEL:
> +        Get/Set the intput level of the IRQ line for a given IRQ.
> +	vINTID must be a multiple of 32.

Is it for a single interrupt, or a set of 32 interrupts? I believe this
is the latter, so the "for a given IRQ" is a bit misleading ("for a set
of 32 contiguous interrupts"?).

> +
> +        kvm_device_attr.addr points to a __u32 value which will contain a
> +	bitmap where a set bit means the interrupt level is asserted.
> +
> +	Bit[n] indicates the status for interrupt vINTID + n.
> +
> +
> +      VGIC_LEVEL_INFO_SOFT_PENDING
> +        Get/Set the latch state of a GIVEN level-triggered IRQ as manipulated by
> +	guest writes to GICD_SPENDR.
> +	vINTID must be a multiple of 32.

Same here. Also, can you clear the soft-pending bit through this
interface? If so, this is not equivalent to a write to GICD_SPENDR.

> +
> +        kvm_device_attr.addr points to a __u32 value which will contain a
> +	bitmap where a set bit means the guest has set the interrupt by writing
> +	to the SPENDR.
> +
> +	Bit[n] indicates the status for interrupt vINTID + n.
> +
> +
> +    SGIs and any interrupt with a higher ID than the number of interrupts

                                            INTID

> +    supported, will be RAZ/WI.  LPIs are always edge-triggered and are
> +    therefore not supported by this interface.
> +
> +    PPIs are reported per VCPU as specified in the mpidr field, and SPIs are
> +    reported with the same value regardless of the mpidr specified.
> +
> +    The mpidr field encodes the CPU ID based on the affinity information in the
> +    architecture defined MPIDR, and the field is encoded as follows:
> +      | 63 .... 56 | 55 .... 48 | 47 .... 40 | 39 .... 32 |
> +      |    Aff3    |    Aff2    |    Aff1    |    Aff0   |
> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt
> index 59541d4..257b854 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt
> @@ -3,16 +3,16 @@ ARM Virtual Generic Interrupt Controller (VGIC)
>  
>  Device types supported:
>    KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2     ARM Generic Interrupt Controller v2.0
> -  KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3     ARM Generic Interrupt Controller v3.0
>  
>  Only one VGIC instance may be instantiated through either this API or the
>  legacy KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP api.  The created VGIC will act as the VM interrupt
>  controller, requiring emulated user-space devices to inject interrupts to the
>  VGIC instead of directly to CPUs.
>  
> -Creating a guest GICv3 device requires a host GICv3 as well.
> -GICv3 implementations with hardware compatibility support allow a guest GICv2
> -as well.
> +GICv3 implementations with hardware compatibility support allow creating a
> +guest GICv2 through this interface.  For information on creating a guest GICv3
> +device, see arm-vgic-v3.txt.  It is not possible to create both a GICv3 and
> +GICv2 device on the same VM.
>  
>  Groups:
>    KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_ADDR
> @@ -27,19 +27,6 @@ Groups:
>        interface register mappings. Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2.
>        This address needs to be 4K aligned and the region covers 4 KByte.
>  
> -    KVM_VGIC_V3_ADDR_TYPE_DIST (rw, 64-bit)
> -      Base address in the guest physical address space of the GICv3 distributor
> -      register mappings. Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3.
> -      This address needs to be 64K aligned and the region covers 64 KByte.
> -
> -    KVM_VGIC_V3_ADDR_TYPE_REDIST (rw, 64-bit)
> -      Base address in the guest physical address space of the GICv3
> -      redistributor register mappings. There are two 64K pages for each
> -      VCPU and all of the redistributor pages are contiguous.
> -      Only valid for KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3.
> -      This address needs to be 64K aligned.
> -
> -
>    KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_DIST_REGS
>    Attributes:
>      The attr field of kvm_device_attr encodes two values:
> 

Thanks,

	M.
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