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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.02.1306241747360.4782@kaball.uk.xensource.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 17:50:46 +0100
From: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
To: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
CC: Chen Gang <gang.chen@...anux.com>,
Catalin Marinas <Catalin.Marinas@....com>,
Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
Tony Lindgren <tony@...mide.com>,
"olof@...om.net" <olof@...om.net>,
Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...com>,
"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org"
<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Linux-Arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Suggestion] arch: arm64: xen: "ln -s" the paravirt.h from
arm.
On Mon, 24 Jun 2013, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jun 2013, Chen Gang wrote:
> > Hello Maintainers:
> >
> > if 'CONFIG_XEN'
> >
> > CC arch/arm64/xen/../../arm/xen/enlighten.o
> > arch/arm64/xen/../../arm/xen/enlighten.c:19:26: fatal error: asm/paravirt.h: No such file or directory
> >
> > The related .config file for next-20130624 is in attachment.
> >
> >
> > If "ln -s ../../../arm/include/asm/paravirt.h paravirt.h", it can pass
> > compiling, but I do not know how to make a patch for it ("ln -s ..."),
> > Do we have another more suitable ways for it (or another fixing ways) ?
> >
> > Welcome any suggestions or completions.
>
> The problem is caused by:
>
> commit 3a885582a366caf868b0782041c44854ff4c3568
> Author: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
> Date: Wed May 29 10:56:34 2013 +0000
>
> xen/arm: account for stolen ticks
>
> that is in my tree for linux-next (even though I have not received any
> replies from the ARM maintainers so I don't know when and if it is going
> to go upstream).
>
> I think that the best thing to do would be to add a couple of ifdef
> CONFIG_PARAVIRT in arch/arm/xen/enlighten.c. I'll add them to my tree.
Actually now that we have XEN support under arm64, we can just introduce the
same pv_time_op struct and paravirt header that this patch
http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=136992435301890&w=2
is introducing under arm.
Any opinions?
---
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 19c1cde..47bd26b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -207,6 +207,25 @@ config FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER
default "14" if (ARM64_64K_PAGES && TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE)
default "11"
+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---
+ Select this option to enable fine granularity task steal time
+ accounting. Time spent executing other tasks in parallel with
+ the current vCPU is discounted from the vCPU power. To account for
+ that, there can be a small performance impact.
+
+ If in doubt, say N here.
+
config XEN_DOM0
def_bool y
depends on XEN
@@ -214,6 +233,7 @@ config XEN_DOM0
config XEN
bool "Xen guest support on ARM64 (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on ARM64 && OF
+ select PARAVIRT
help
Say Y if you want to run Linux in a Virtual Machine on Xen on ARM64.
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/paravirt.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/paravirt.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..54e895b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/paravirt.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef _ASM_ARM64_PARAVIRT_H
+#define _ASM_ARM64_PARAVIRT_H
+
+struct static_key;
+extern struct static_key paravirt_steal_enabled;
+extern struct static_key paravirt_steal_rq_enabled;
+
+struct pv_time_ops {
+ unsigned long long (*steal_clock)(int cpu);
+};
+extern struct pv_time_ops pv_time_ops;
+
+static inline u64 paravirt_steal_clock(int cpu)
+{
+ return pv_time_ops.steal_clock(cpu);
+}
+
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
index 7b4b564..17613ad 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ arm64-obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += smp.o smp_spin_table.o smp_psci.o
arm64-obj-$(CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS) += perf_event.o
arm64-obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_HW_BREAKPOINT)+= hw_breakpoint.o
arm64-obj-$(CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK) += early_printk.o
+arm64-obj-$(CONFIG_PARAVIRT) += paravirt.o
obj-y += $(arm64-obj-y) vdso/
obj-m += $(arm64-obj-m)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/paravirt.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/paravirt.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..53f371e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/paravirt.c
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 Citrix Systems
+ *
+ * Author: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@...citrix.com>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/export.h>
+#include <linux/jump_label.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <asm/paravirt.h>
+
+struct static_key paravirt_steal_enabled;
+struct static_key paravirt_steal_rq_enabled;
+
+struct pv_time_ops pv_time_ops;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pv_time_ops);
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