linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC V5 3/6] kvm : Add unhalt msr to aid (live) migration

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Message-ID: <20120412001517.GB32051@amt.cnet>
Date:	Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:15:17 -0300
From:	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
To:	Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	X86 <x86@...nel.org>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	Alexander Graf <agraf@...e.de>,
	Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>,
	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, KVM <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	Virtualization <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	Xen <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	Sasha Levin <levinsasha928@...il.com>,
	Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC V5 3/6] kvm : Add unhalt msr to aid (live) migration

On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 01:37:26PM +0530, Raghavendra K T wrote:
> From: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> Currently guest does not need to know pv_unhalt state and intended to be
> used via GET/SET_MSR ioctls  during migration.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h
> index 9234f13..46f9751 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h
> @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
>  #define MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME_NEW 0x4b564d01
>  #define MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_EN 0x4b564d02
>  #define MSR_KVM_STEAL_TIME  0x4b564d03
> +#define MSR_KVM_PV_UNHALT   0x4b564d04
>  
>  struct kvm_steal_time {
>  	__u64 steal;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index bd5ef91..38e6c47 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -784,12 +784,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_rdpmc);
>   * kvm-specific. Those are put in the beginning of the list.
>   */
>  
> -#define KVM_SAVE_MSRS_BEGIN	9
> +#define KVM_SAVE_MSRS_BEGIN	10
>  static u32 msrs_to_save[] = {
>  	MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME, MSR_KVM_WALL_CLOCK,
>  	MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME_NEW, MSR_KVM_WALL_CLOCK_NEW,
>  	HV_X64_MSR_GUEST_OS_ID, HV_X64_MSR_HYPERCALL,
>  	HV_X64_MSR_APIC_ASSIST_PAGE, MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_EN, MSR_KVM_STEAL_TIME,
> +	MSR_KVM_PV_UNHALT,
>  	MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS, MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP, MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_EIP,
>  	MSR_STAR,
>  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> @@ -1606,7 +1607,9 @@ int kvm_set_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr, u64 data)
>  		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_STEAL_UPDATE, vcpu);
>  
>  		break;
> -
> +	case MSR_KVM_PV_UNHALT:
> +		vcpu->pv_unhalted = (u32) data;
> +		break;
>  	case MSR_IA32_MCG_CTL:
>  	case MSR_IA32_MCG_STATUS:
>  	case MSR_IA32_MC0_CTL ... MSR_IA32_MC0_CTL + 4 * KVM_MAX_MCE_BANKS - 1:
> @@ -1917,6 +1920,9 @@ int kvm_get_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr, u64 *pdata)
>  	case MSR_KVM_STEAL_TIME:
>  		data = vcpu->arch.st.msr_val;
>  		break;
> +	case MSR_KVM_PV_UNHALT:
> +		data = (u64)vcpu->pv_unhalted;
> +		break;
>  	case MSR_IA32_P5_MC_ADDR:
>  	case MSR_IA32_P5_MC_TYPE:
>  	case MSR_IA32_MCG_CAP:

Unless there is a reason to use an MSR, should use a normal ioctl
such as KVM_{GET,SET}_MP_STATE.

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