linux-kernel - [PATCH RESEND v2 3/3] KVM: X86: Expose PV_SCHED

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Date:   Tue, 28 May 2019 15:56:35 +0800
From:   Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH RESEND v2 3/3] KVM: X86: Expose PV_SCHED_YIELD CPUID feature bit to guest

From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>

Expose PV_SCHED_YIELD feature bit to guest, the guest can check this
feature bit before using paravirtualized sched yield.

Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>
---
 Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt | 4 ++++
 arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c                | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
index 97ca194..1c39683 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ KVM_FEATURE_PV_SEND_IPI            ||    11 || guest checks this feature bit
                                    ||       || before using paravirtualized
                                    ||       || send IPIs.
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+KVM_FEATURE_PV_SHED_YIELD          ||    12 || guest checks this feature bit
+                                   ||       || before using paravirtualized
+                                   ||       || sched yield.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT ||    24 || host will warn if no guest-side
                                    ||       || per-cpu warps are expected in
                                    ||       || kvmclock.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
index e18a9f9..c018fc8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
@@ -643,7 +643,8 @@ static inline int __do_cpuid_ent(struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *entry, u32 function,
 			     (1 << KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT) |
 			     (1 << KVM_FEATURE_PV_TLB_FLUSH) |
 			     (1 << KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF_VMEXIT) |
-			     (1 << KVM_FEATURE_PV_SEND_IPI);
+			     (1 << KVM_FEATURE_PV_SEND_IPI) |
+			     (1 << KVM_FEATURE_PV_SCHED_YIELD);
 
 		if (sched_info_on())
 			entry->eax |= (1 << KVM_FEATURE_STEAL_TIME);
-- 
2.7.4