linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 4/5] arm64: introduce CONFIG_PARAVIRT, PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING and pv_time

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Date:	Mon, 17 Feb 2014 17:55:52 +0000
From:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
To:	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
Cc:	"xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com" <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
	"konrad.wilk@...cle.com" <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Marc Zyngier <Marc.Zyngier@....com>,
	Will Deacon <Will.Deacon@....com>,
	Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@...rix.com>,
	"linux@....linux.org.uk" <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	"olof@...om.net" <olof@...om.net>, "arnd@...db.de" <arnd@...db.de>,
	"nico@...aro.org" <nico@...aro.org>,
	"cov@...eaurora.org" <cov@...eaurora.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 4/5] arm64: introduce CONFIG_PARAVIRT,
 PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING and pv_time_ops

On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 12:25:42PM +0000, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Jan 2014, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > Introduce CONFIG_PARAVIRT and PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING on ARM64.
> > Necessary duplication of paravirt.h and paravirt.c with ARM.
> > 
> > The only paravirt interface supported is pv_time_ops.steal_clock, so no
> > runtime pvops patching needed.
> > 
> > This allows us to make use of steal_account_process_tick for stolen
> > ticks accounting.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
> > CC: will.deacon@....com
> > CC: nico@...aro.org
> > CC: marc.zyngier@....com
> > CC: cov@...eaurora.org
> > CC: arnd@...db.de
> > CC: olof@...om.net
> > CC: Catalin.Marinas@....com
> 
> Catalin, Will, are you happy with this patch for 3.15?

It's pretty small and looks fine to me. However, I would like someone
with more virtualisation experience than me to ack it (e.g. Marc Z).

Some nitpicks:

> > +config PARAVIRT
> > +	bool "Enable paravirtualization code"
> > +	---help---
> > +	  This changes the kernel so it can modify itself when it is run
> > +	  under a hypervisor, potentially improving performance significantly
> > +	  over full virtualization.
> > +
> > +config PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING
> > +	bool "Paravirtual steal time accounting"
> > +	select PARAVIRT
> > +	default n
> > +	---help---

For consistency with this file, just use "help" rather than
"---help---".

> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/paravirt.h
> > @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
> > +#ifndef _ASM_ARM64_PARAVIRT_H
> > +#define _ASM_ARM64_PARAVIRT_H

__ASM_PARAVIRT_H for consistency.

-- 
Catalin
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