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Date:	Wed, 28 Jan 2015 03:01:03 +0000
From:	"Wu, Feng" <feng.wu@...el.com>
To:	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>, "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"gleb@...nel.org" <gleb@...nel.org>,
	"pbonzini@...hat.com" <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	"dwmw2@...radead.org" <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
	"joro@...tes.org" <joro@...tes.org>,
	"alex.williamson@...hat.com" <alex.williamson@...hat.com>,
	"jiang.liu@...ux.intel.com" <jiang.liu@...ux.intel.com>
CC:	"eric.auger@...aro.org" <eric.auger@...aro.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org" <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
	"kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Wu, Feng" <feng.wu@...el.com>
Subject: RE: [v3 00/26] Add VT-d Posted-Interrupts support



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wu, Feng
> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 10:26 AM
> To: tglx@...utronix.de; mingo@...hat.com; hpa@...or.com; x86@...nel.org;
> gleb@...nel.org; pbonzini@...hat.com; dwmw2@...radead.org;
> joro@...tes.org; alex.williamson@...hat.com; jiang.liu@...ux.intel.com
> Cc: eric.auger@...aro.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org; kvm@...r.kernel.org; Wu, Feng
> Subject: RE: [v3 00/26] Add VT-d Posted-Interrupts support
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wu, Feng
> > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 11:15 PM
> > To: tglx@...utronix.de; mingo@...hat.com; hpa@...or.com;
> x86@...nel.org;
> > gleb@...nel.org; pbonzini@...hat.com; dwmw2@...radead.org;
> > joro@...tes.org; alex.williamson@...hat.com; jiang.liu@...ux.intel.com
> > Cc: eric.auger@...aro.org; linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org;
> > iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org; kvm@...r.kernel.org; Wu, Feng
> > Subject: [v3 00/26] Add VT-d Posted-Interrupts support
> >
> > VT-d Posted-Interrupts is an enhancement to CPU side Posted-Interrupt.
> > With VT-d Posted-Interrupts enabled, external interrupts from
> > direct-assigned devices can be delivered to guests without VMM
> > intervention when guest is running in non-root mode.
> >
> > You can find the VT-d Posted-Interrtups Spec. in the following URL:
> >
> http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/intelligent-systems/intel-technolog
> > y/vt-directed-io-spec.html
> >
> > v1->v2:
> > * Use VFIO framework to enable this feature, the VFIO part of this series is
> >   base on Eric's patch "[PATCH v3 0/8] KVM-VFIO IRQ forward control"
> > * Rebase this patchset on
> > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip.git,
> >   then revise some irq logic based on the new hierarchy irqdomain patches
> > provided
> >   by Jiang Liu <jiang.liu@...ux.intel.com>
> >
> > v2->v3:
> > * Adjust the Posted-interrupts Descriptor updating logic when vCPU is
> >   preempted or blocked.
> > * KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_POSTING_IRQ -->
> > KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_POST_IRQ
> > * __KVM_HAVE_ARCH_KVM_VFIO_POSTING -->
> > __KVM_HAVE_ARCH_KVM_VFIO_POST
> > * Add KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_UNPOST_IRQ attribute for VFIO irq, which
> >   can be used to change back to remapping mode.
> > * Fix typo
> >
> > This patch series is made of the following groups:
> > 1-6: Some preparation changes in iommu and irq component, this is based on
> > the
> >      new hierarchy irqdomain logic.
> > 7-9, 26: IOMMU changes for VT-d Posted-Interrupts, such as, feature
> > detection,
> >           command line parameter.
> > 10-17, 22-25: Changes related to KVM itself.
> > 18-20: Changes in VFIO component, this part was previously sent out as
> > "[RFC PATCH v2 0/2] kvm-vfio: implement the vfio skeleton for VT-d
> > Posted-Interrupts"
> > 21: x86 irq related changes
> >
> > Feng Wu (26):
> >   genirq: Introduce irq_set_vcpu_affinity() to target an interrupt to a
> >     VCPU
> >   iommu: Add new member capability to struct irq_remap_ops
> >   iommu, x86: Define new irte structure for VT-d Posted-Interrupts
> >   iommu, x86: Implement irq_set_vcpu_affinity for intel_ir_chip
> >   x86, irq: Implement irq_set_vcpu_affinity for pci_msi_ir_controller
> >   iommu, x86: No need to migrating irq for VT-d Posted-Interrupts
> >   iommu, x86: Add cap_pi_support() to detect VT-d PI capability
> >   iommu, x86: Add intel_irq_remapping_capability() for Intel
> >   iommu, x86: define irq_remapping_cap()
> >   KVM: change struct pi_desc for VT-d Posted-Interrupts
> >   KVM: Add some helper functions for Posted-Interrupts
> >   KVM: Initialize VT-d Posted-Interrupts Descriptor
> >   KVM: Define a new interface kvm_find_dest_vcpu() for VT-d PI
> >   KVM: Get Posted-Interrupts descriptor address from struct kvm_vcpu
> >   KVM: add interfaces to control PI outside vmx
> >   KVM: Make struct kvm_irq_routing_table accessible
> >   KVM: make kvm_set_msi_irq() public
> >   KVM: kvm-vfio: User API for VT-d Posted-Interrupts
> >   KVM: kvm-vfio: implement the VFIO skeleton for VT-d Posted-Interrupts
> >   KVM: x86: kvm-vfio: VT-d posted-interrupts setup
> >   x86, irq: Define a global vector for VT-d Posted-Interrupts
> >   KVM: Define a wakeup worker thread for vCPU
> >   KVM: Update Posted-Interrupts Descriptor when vCPU is preempted
> >   KVM: Update Posted-Interrupts Descriptor when vCPU is blocked
> >   KVM: Suppress posted-interrupt when 'SN' is set
> >   iommu/vt-d: Add a command line parameter for VT-d posted-interrupts
> >
> >  Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt        |   1 +
> >  Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt |   9 ++
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/entry_arch.h          |   2 +
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/hardirq.h             |   1 +
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/hw_irq.h              |   2 +
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/irq_remapping.h       |  11 ++
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/irq_vectors.h         |   1 +
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h            |  12 ++
> >  arch/x86/kernel/apic/msi.c                 |   1 +
> >  arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S                 |   2 +
> >  arch/x86/kernel/irq.c                      |  27 ++++
> >  arch/x86/kernel/irqinit.c                  |   2 +
> >  arch/x86/kvm/Makefile                      |   2 +-
> >  arch/x86/kvm/kvm_vfio_x86.c                |  77 +++++++++
> >  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c                         | 244
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                         |  22 ++-
> >  drivers/iommu/intel_irq_remapping.c        |  68 +++++++-
> >  drivers/iommu/irq_remapping.c              |  24 ++-
> >  drivers/iommu/irq_remapping.h              |   8 +
> >  include/linux/dmar.h                       |  32 ++++
> >  include/linux/intel-iommu.h                |   1 +
> >  include/linux/irq.h                        |   7 +
> >  include/linux/kvm_host.h                   |  46 ++++++
> >  include/uapi/linux/kvm.h                   |  11 ++
> >  kernel/irq/chip.c                          |  14 ++
> >  kernel/irq/manage.c                        |  20 +++
> >  virt/kvm/irq_comm.c                        |  43 ++++-
> >  virt/kvm/irqchip.c                         |  11 --
> >  virt/kvm/kvm_main.c                        |  15 ++
> >  virt/kvm/vfio.c                            | 107 +++++++++++++
> >  30 files changed, 795 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100644 arch/x86/kvm/kvm_vfio_x86.c
> >
> 
> Hi Paolo, Alex, and other maintainers,
> 
> Since this series contain multiple subsystems, IOMMU, irq, x86, VFIO, KVM, etc.
> I am wondering how you guys handled this case before? If all the patches are
> reviewed and acked by the associated maintainer, are you only merge the
> patches
> related to your own subsystem to your tree? However, you may also need get
> other
> patches to make the build successful, so I am a little curious about how you guys
> handle this? Thanks a lot!

Can anyone share some experiences about this?

Thanks,
Feng

> 
> Thanks,
> Feng
> 
> > --
> > 1.9.1

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