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Message-ID: <4FD6F8AB.5060802@cn.fujitsu.com>
Date:	Tue, 12 Jun 2012 16:07:07 +0800
From:	Wen Congyang <wency@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ibm.com>
CC:	kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	qemu-devel <qemu-devel@...gnu.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Daniel P. Berrange" <berrange@...hat.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>,
	Gleb Natapov <gleb@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm: notify host when guest panicked

At 06/12/2012 03:49 PM, Christian Borntraeger Wrote:
>>> We have three solutions to implement this feature:
>>> 1. use vmcall
>>> 2. use I/O port
>>> 3. use virtio-serial.
>>
>>> We have decided to avoid touching hypervisor. The reason why I choose
>>> choose the I/O port is:
>>> 1. it is easier to implememt
>>> 2. it does not depend any virtual device
>>> 3. it can work when startint the kernel
> 
> Havent looked deeply into that, butz wouldnt kvm_hypercall0 also fulfill all of these
> points? You just have to define the number for each architecture and then it should be 
> possible to write a simple panic driver that works on all architectures.

kvm_hypercall0? Avi said that we should avoid touching hypercall.

Thanks
Wen Congyang

> 
>>> --- a/include/linux/kvm_para.h
>>> +++ b/include/linux/kvm_para.h
>>> @@ -20,6 +20,14 @@
>>>  #define KVM_HC_FEATURES			3
>>>  #define KVM_HC_PPC_MAP_MAGIC_PAGE	4
>>>  
>>> +#define KVM_PV_PORT	(0x505UL)
>>> +
> 
> ignoring the above, shouldnt a port number go into an architecture specific file?
> 
> 
> Christian
> 
> 

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