linux-kernel - KVM: Start populating /sys/hypervisor with KVM entries

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Date:   Tue, 14 May 2019 17:16:40 +0200
From:   Filippo Sironi <sironi@...zon.de>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        borntraeger@...ibm.com, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com,
        cohuck@...hat.com, konrad.wilk@...cle.com,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, vasu.srinivasan@...cle.com
Subject: KVM: Start populating /sys/hypervisor with KVM entries

Long-time Xen HVM and Xen PV users are missing /sys/hypervisor entries when
moving to KVM.  One report is about getting the VM UUID.  The VM UUID can
already be retrieved using /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/product_uuid.  This has
two downsides: (1) it requires root privileges and (2) it is only available on
KVM and Xen HVM.

By exposing /sys/hypervisor/uuid when running on KVM as well, we provide an
interface that's functional for KVM, Xen HVM, and Xen PV.  Let's do so by
providing arch-specific hooks so that different architectures can implement the
hooks in different ways.

Further work can be done by consolidating the creation of the basic
/sys/hypervisor across hypervisors.

Filippo Sironi (2):
      KVM: Start populating /sys/hypervisor with KVM entries
      KVM: x86: Implement the arch-specific hook to report the VM UUID