linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] kvm: arm64: Add ACPI support for virt arch timer

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Message-ID: <CADyBb7uPxV0DUwsqpq5fBeZSU6JXRzh6kNeHy-vmpq+f0+q1FQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 22 Feb 2016 00:35:46 +0800
From:	Fu Wei <fu.wei@...aro.org>
To:	Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
Cc:	Rafael Wysocki <rjw@...ysocki.net>, Len Brown <lenb@...nel.org>,
	Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
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	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu,
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	Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/6] kvm: arm64: Add ACPI support for virt arch timer

Hi Marc

On 9 February 2016 at 01:10, Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com> wrote:
> On 01/02/16 20:26, fu.wei@...aro.org wrote:
>> From: Fu Wei <fu.wei@...aro.org>
>>
>> This patch adds ACPI/GTDT support for virt arch timer
>> using the API in GTDT driver.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Fu Wei <fu.wei@...aro.org>
>> ---
>>  virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c | 8 ++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c b/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c
>> index 0a279d3..4077347 100644
>> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c
>> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c
>> @@ -385,6 +385,9 @@ static int kvm_timer_get_ppi(unsigned int *ppi)
>>  {
>>       struct device_node *np;
>>       int ret = -EINVAL;
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_GTDT
>> +     struct arch_timer_data data;
>> +#endif
>>
>>       np = of_find_matching_node(NULL, arch_timer_of_match);
>>       if (!np) {
>> @@ -397,6 +400,11 @@ static int kvm_timer_get_ppi(unsigned int *ppi)
>>       of_node_put(np);
>>
>>  skip_of:
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_GTDT
>> +     if (!*ppi && !gtdt_arch_timer_data_init(NULL, &data))
>> +             *ppi = data.virt_ppi;
>> +#endif
>> +
>>       if (*ppi)
>>               return 0;
>>
>>
>
> As I already pointed out in another thread hacking some KVM ACPI stuff,
> this is the wrong approach.
>
> We should have a *common* accessor in the timer code that exports the
> relevant information, whatever the firmware "du jour" is.
>
> See Julien's series, which seems to address the issue in a much more
> convincing way:
>
> https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/pipermail/kvmarm/2016-February/018531.html
>

Thanks for your info, I have read through Julien's patchset in mailing list.
This patch is a improvement from Wei Huang's patch using my GTDT driver,
because his approach is getting info from DTB or ACPI directly.

But It seems Wei Huang is helping Julien on his patchset and trying to
provide Tested-by,
So I will delete these two patches(about kvm), and test Julien's patch also.

> Thanks,
>
>         M.
> --
> Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny...



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