linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 15/20] kvm: arm/arm64: Allow tuning the physical address size for VM

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Date:   Wed, 4 Jul 2018 16:51:04 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:     Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu,
        james.morse@....com, marc.zyngier@....com, cdall@...nel.org,
        eric.auger@...hat.com, julien.grall@....com,
        catalin.marinas@....com, punit.agrawal@....com,
        qemu-devel@...gnu.org, Peter Maydel <peter.maydell@...aro.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 15/20] kvm: arm/arm64: Allow tuning the physical
 address size for VM

Hi Suzuki,

On Fri, Jun 29, 2018 at 12:15:35PM +0100, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
> Allow specifying the physical address size for a new VM via
> the kvm_type argument for KVM_CREATE_VM ioctl. This allows
> us to finalise the stage2 page table format as early as possible
> and hence perform the right checks on the memory slots without
> complication. The size is encoded as Log2(PA_Size) in the bits[7:0]
> of the type field and can encode more information in the future if
> required. The IPA size is still capped at 40bits.
> 
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
> Cc: Christoffer Dall <cdall@...nel.org>
> Cc: Peter Maydel <peter.maydell@...aro.org>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h   |  2 ++
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h | 10 +++-------
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h |  2 ++
>  include/uapi/linux/kvm.h         | 10 ++++++++++
>  virt/kvm/arm/arm.c               | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  5 files changed, 39 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

[...]

> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> index 4df9bb6..fa4cab0 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> @@ -751,6 +751,16 @@ struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt {
>  #define KVM_S390_SIE_PAGE_OFFSET 1
>  
>  /*
> + * On arm/arm64, machine type can be used to request the physical
> + * address size for the VM. Bits [7-0] have been reserved for the
> + * PA size shift (i.e, log2(PA_Size)). For backward compatibility,
> + * value 0 implies the default IPA size, which is 40bits.
> + */
> +#define KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_PHYS_SHIFT_MASK	0xff
> +#define KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_PHYS_SHIFT(x)		\
> +	((x) & KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_PHYS_SHIFT_MASK)

This seems like you're allocating quite a lot of bits in a non-extensible
interface to a fairly esoteric parameter. Would it be better to add another
ioctl, or condense the number of sizes you support instead?

Will