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Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:43:10 -0300
From: Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>
To: "Nikunj A. Dadhania" <nikunj@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: peterz@...radead.org, mingo@...e.hu, avi@...hat.com,
raghukt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, jeremy@...p.org,
vatsa@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, hpa@...or.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/7] KVM Guest: Add VCPU running/pre-empted state for
guest
On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 10:36:05AM +0530, Nikunj A. Dadhania wrote:
> The patch adds guest code for msr between guest and hypervisor. The
> msr will export the vcpu running/pre-empted information to the guest
> from host. This will enable guest to intelligently send ipi to running
> vcpus and set flag for pre-empted vcpus. This will prevent waiting for
> vcpus that are not running.
>
> Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
> Signed-off-by: Nikunj A. Dadhania <nikunj@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h | 10 ++++++++++
> arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h
> index 77266d3..f57b5cc 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h
> @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
> #define KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF 4
> #define KVM_FEATURE_STEAL_TIME 5
> #define KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT 6
> +#define KVM_FEATURE_VCPU_STATE 7
>
> /* The last 8 bits are used to indicate how to interpret the flags field
> * in pvclock structure. If no bits are set, all flags are ignored.
> @@ -39,6 +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_VCPU_STATE 0x4b564d04
>
> struct kvm_steal_time {
> __u64 steal;
> @@ -51,6 +53,14 @@ struct kvm_steal_time {
> #define KVM_STEAL_VALID_BITS ((-1ULL << (KVM_STEAL_ALIGNMENT_BITS + 1)))
> #define KVM_STEAL_RESERVED_MASK (((1 << KVM_STEAL_ALIGNMENT_BITS) - 1 ) << 1)
>
> +struct kvm_vcpu_state {
> + __u32 state;
> + __u32 pad[15];
> +};
> +
> +#define KVM_VCPU_STATE_ALIGN_BITS 5
> +#define KVM_VCPU_STATE_VALID_BITS ((-1ULL << (KVM_VCPU_STATE_ALIGN_BITS + 1)))
> +
> #define KVM_MAX_MMU_OP_BATCH 32
>
> #define KVM_ASYNC_PF_ENABLED (1 << 0)
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> index 98f0378..bb686a6 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> @@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct kvm_vcpu_pv_apf_data, apf_reason) __aligned(64);
> static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct kvm_steal_time, steal_time) __aligned(64);
> static int has_steal_clock = 0;
>
> +DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct kvm_vcpu_state, vcpu_state) __aligned(64);
> +static int has_vcpu_state;
> +
> /*
> * No need for any "IO delay" on KVM
> */
> @@ -291,6 +294,22 @@ static void kvm_register_steal_time(void)
> cpu, __pa(st));
> }
>
> +static void kvm_register_vcpu_state(void)
> +{
> + int cpu = smp_processor_id();
> + struct kvm_vcpu_state *v_state;
> +
> + if (!has_vcpu_state)
> + return;
> +
> + v_state = &per_cpu(vcpu_state, cpu);
> + memset(v_state, 0, sizeof(*v_state));
> +
> + wrmsrl(MSR_KVM_VCPU_STATE, (__pa(v_state) | KVM_MSR_ENABLED));
> + printk(KERN_INFO "kvm-vcpustate: cpu %d, msr %lu\n",
> + cpu, __pa(v_state));
> +}
> +
> void __cpuinit kvm_guest_cpu_init(void)
> {
> if (!kvm_para_available())
> @@ -310,6 +329,9 @@ void __cpuinit kvm_guest_cpu_init(void)
>
> if (has_steal_clock)
> kvm_register_steal_time();
> +
> + if (has_vcpu_state)
> + kvm_register_vcpu_state();
> }
>
> static void kvm_pv_disable_apf(void *unused)
> @@ -361,6 +383,14 @@ void kvm_disable_steal_time(void)
> wrmsr(MSR_KVM_STEAL_TIME, 0, 0);
> }
>
> +void kvm_disable_vcpu_state(void)
> +{
> + if (!has_vcpu_state)
> + return;
> +
> + wrmsr(MSR_KVM_VCPU_STATE, 0, 0);
> +}
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> static void __init kvm_smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
> {
> @@ -379,6 +409,7 @@ static void __cpuinit kvm_guest_cpu_online(void *dummy)
>
> static void kvm_guest_cpu_offline(void *dummy)
> {
> + kvm_disable_vcpu_state();
> kvm_disable_steal_time();
> kvm_pv_disable_apf(NULL);
> apf_task_wake_all();
> @@ -433,6 +464,8 @@ void __init kvm_guest_init(void)
> pv_time_ops.steal_clock = kvm_steal_clock;
> }
>
> + has_vcpu_state = 1;
> +
Should be checking for a feature bit, see kvm_para_has_feature()
examples above in the function.
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