linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH linux 2/8] xen: introduce xen_vcpu

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Date:	Fri, 01 Jul 2016 14:06:54 +0200
From:	Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:	"Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@...e.com>
Cc:	"Andrew Cooper" <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>,
	"David Vrabel" <david.vrabel@...rix.com>,
	"Stefano Stabellini" <sstabellini@...nel.org>, <x86@...nel.org>,
	"Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	<xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>,
	"Boris Ostrovsky" <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
	"Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"Juergen Gross" <JGross@...e.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH linux 2/8] xen: introduce xen_vcpu_id mapping

"Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@...e.com> writes:

>>>> On 29.06.16 at 18:27, <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com> wrote:
>> On 29/06/16 17:19, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
>>> To explain better what I'm trying to suggest here please take a look at
>>> the attached patch. If we can guarantee long term that ACPI id always
>>> equals to Xen's idea of vCPU id this is probably the easiest way.
>>>
>>> -- Vitaly
>> 
>> The code in hvmloader which sets up the MADT does:
>> 
>>     for ( i = 0; i < hvm_info->nr_vcpus; i++ )
>>     {
>>         memset(lapic, 0, sizeof(*lapic));
>>         lapic->type    = ACPI_PROCESSOR_LOCAL_APIC;
>>         lapic->length  = sizeof(*lapic);
>>         /* Processor ID must match processor-object IDs in the DSDT. */
>>         lapic->acpi_processor_id = i;
>>         lapic->apic_id = LAPIC_ID(i);
>>         lapic->flags = (test_bit(i, hvm_info->vcpu_online)
>>                         ? ACPI_LOCAL_APIC_ENABLED : 0);
>>         lapic++;
>>     }
>> 
>> So relying on the acpi_processor_id does look to be reliable.  That code
>> hasn't changed since 2007, and that was only a bugfix.  I would go so
>> far as to say it is reasonable for us to guarantee this in the guest ABI.
>
> In fact - is there any other way a guest could learn the vCPU IDs
> of its CPUs in a reliable way? I don't think so, and hence this de
> facto already is part of the ABI; we should of course spell it out
> somewhere.

I'm unsure about the right place in the hypervisor tree to put this
information to. At the very least users of VCPUOP_* and EVTCHNOP_*
hypervcalls need to know this so xen/include/public/{event_channel.h,
vcpu.h} are the candidates. Or is there a better place?

-- 
  Vitaly