Message-ID: <199b7183-1872-7342-4283-af2925e780c5@oracle.com>
Date:   Tue, 11 Jun 2019 00:16:07 -0700
From:   Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@...cle.com>
To:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
Cc:     pbonzini@...hat.com, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com,
        konrad.wilk@...cle.com, sstabellini@...nel.org,
        joao.m.martins@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 01/16] x86/xen: add xenhost_t interface

On 2019-06-07 8:04 a.m., Juergen Gross wrote:
> On 09.05.19 19:25, Ankur Arora wrote:
>> Add xenhost_t which will serve as an abstraction over Xen interfaces.
>> It co-exists with the PV/HVM/PVH abstractions (x86_init, hypervisor_x86,
>> pv_ops etc) and is meant to capture mechanisms for communication with
>> Xen so we could have different types of underlying Xen: regular, local,
>> and nested.
>>
>> Also add xenhost_register() and stub registration in the various guest
>> types.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@...cle.com>
>> ---
>>   arch/x86/xen/Makefile        |  1 +
>>   arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c | 13 +++++
>>   arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c  | 16 ++++++
>>   arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pvh.c | 12 +++++
>>   arch/x86/xen/xenhost.c       | 75 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   include/xen/xen.h            |  3 ++
>>   include/xen/xenhost.h        | 95 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   7 files changed, 215 insertions(+)
>>   create mode 100644 arch/x86/xen/xenhost.c
>>   create mode 100644 include/xen/xenhost.h
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/Makefile b/arch/x86/xen/Makefile
>> index 084de77a109e..564b4dddbc15 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/xen/Makefile
>> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/Makefile
>> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ obj-y                += mmu.o
>>   obj-y                += time.o
>>   obj-y                += grant-table.o
>>   obj-y                += suspend.o
>> +obj-y                += xenhost.o
>>   obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_PVHVM)        += enlighten_hvm.o
>>   obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_PVHVM)        += mmu_hvm.o
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
>> index 0e75642d42a3..100452f4f44c 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_hvm.c
>> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
>>   #include <linux/kexec.h>
>>   #include <linux/memblock.h>
>> +#include <xen/xenhost.h>
>>   #include <xen/features.h>
>>   #include <xen/events.h>
>>   #include <xen/interface/memory.h>
>> @@ -82,6 +83,12 @@ static void __init xen_hvm_init_mem_mapping(void)
>>       xen_vcpu_info_reset(0);
>>   }
>> +xenhost_ops_t xh_hvm_ops = {
>> +};
>> +
>> +xenhost_ops_t xh_hvm_nested_ops = {
>> +};
>> +
>>   static void __init init_hvm_pv_info(void)
>>   {
>>       int major, minor;
>> @@ -179,6 +186,12 @@ static void __init xen_hvm_guest_init(void)
>>   {
>>       if (xen_pv_domain())
>>           return;
>> +    /*
>> +     * We need only xenhost_r1 for HVM guests since they cannot be
>> +     * driver domain (?) or dom0.
> 
> I think even HVM guests could (in theory) be driver domains.
> 
>> +     */
>> +    if (!xen_pvh_domain())
>> +        xenhost_register(xenhost_r1, &xh_hvm_ops);
>>       init_hvm_pv_info();
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
>> index c54a493e139a..bb6e811c1525 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
>> @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
>>   #include <xen/xen.h>
>>   #include <xen/events.h>
>> +#include <xen/xenhost.h>
>>   #include <xen/interface/xen.h>
>>   #include <xen/interface/version.h>
>>   #include <xen/interface/physdev.h>
>> @@ -1188,6 +1189,12 @@ static void __init 
>> xen_dom0_set_legacy_features(void)
>>       x86_platform.legacy.rtc = 1;
>>   }
>> +xenhost_ops_t xh_pv_ops = {
>> +};
>> +
>> +xenhost_ops_t xh_pv_nested_ops = {
>> +};
>> +
>>   /* First C function to be called on Xen boot */
>>   asmlinkage __visible void __init xen_start_kernel(void)
>>   {
>> @@ -1198,6 +1205,15 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init 
>> xen_start_kernel(void)
>>       if (!xen_start_info)
>>           return;
>> +    xenhost_register(xenhost_r1, &xh_pv_ops);
>> +
>> +    /*
>> +     * Detect in some implementation defined manner whether this is
>> +     * nested or not.
>> +     */
>> +    if (xen_driver_domain() && xen_nested())
>> +        xenhost_register(xenhost_r2, &xh_pv_nested_ops);
> 
> I don't think a driver domain other than dom0 "knows" this in the
> beginning. It will need to register xenhost_r2
Right. No point in needlessly registrating as xenhost_r2 without
needing to handle any xenhost_r2 devices.

>  in case it learns about a pv device from L0 hypervisor.
What's the mechanism you are thinking of, for this?
I'm guessing this PV device notification could arrive at an
arbitrary point in time after the system has booted.

The earlier reason for my assumption that the driver-domain
would "know" this at boot, was because it seemed to me
that we would need to setup hypercall/shared_info/vcpu_info.

Given that we don't need cpuid/hypercall/shared_info, the remaining
few look like they could be made dynamically callable with a bit
of refactoring:
- vcpu_info: the registration logic (xen_vcpu_setup() and friends)
   seems straight-forwardly adaptable to be called dynamically for
   xenhost_r2. Places where we touch the vcpu_info bits (xen_irq_ops)
   also seem fine.
- evtchn: xenhost_r2 should only need interdomain evtchns, so
   should be easy to defer to until we get a xenhost_r2 device.
- grant-table/xenbus: the xenhost_r2 logic (in the current patchset)
   expects to be inited at core_initcall and postcore_initcall
   respectively. Again, doesn't

> 
>> +
>>       xen_domain_type = XEN_PV_DOMAIN;
>>       xen_start_flags = xen_start_info->flags;
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pvh.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pvh.c
>> index 35b7599d2d0b..826c296d27a3 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pvh.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pvh.c
>> @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
>>   #include <asm/e820/api.h>
>>   #include <xen/xen.h>
>> +#include <xen/xenhost.h>
>>   #include <asm/xen/interface.h>
>>   #include <asm/xen/hypercall.h>
>> @@ -21,11 +22,22 @@
>>    */
>>   bool xen_pvh __attribute__((section(".data"))) = 0;
>> +extern xenhost_ops_t xh_hvm_ops, xh_hvm_nested_ops;
>> +
>>   void __init xen_pvh_init(void)
>>   {
>>       u32 msr;
>>       u64 pfn;
>> +    xenhost_register(xenhost_r1, &xh_hvm_ops);
>> +
>> +    /*
>> +     * Detect in some implementation defined manner whether this is
>> +     * nested or not.
>> +     */
>> +    if (xen_driver_domain() && xen_nested())
>> +        xenhost_register(xenhost_r2, &xh_hvm_nested_ops);
>> +
>>       xen_pvh = 1;
>>       xen_start_flags = pvh_start_info.flags;
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/xenhost.c b/arch/x86/xen/xenhost.c
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..ca90acd7687e
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/xenhost.c
>> @@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
>> +#include <linux/types.h>
>> +#include <linux/bug.h>
>> +#include <xen/xen.h>
>> +#include <xen/xenhost.h>
>> +
>> +xenhost_t xenhosts[2];
>> +/*
>> + * xh_default: interface to the regular hypervisor. xenhost_type is 
>> xenhost_r0
>> + * or xenhost_r1.
>> + *
>> + * xh_remote: interface to remote hypervisor. Needed for PV driver 
>> support on
>> + * L1-dom0/driver-domain for nested Xen. xenhost_type is xenhost_r2.
>> + */
>> +xenhost_t *xh_default = (xenhost_t *) &xenhosts[0];
>> +xenhost_t *xh_remote = (xenhost_t *) &xenhosts[1];
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * Exported for use of for_each_xenhost().
>> + */
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xenhosts);
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * Some places refer directly to a specific type of xenhost.
>> + * This might be better as a macro though.
>> + */
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xh_default);
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xh_remote);
>> +
>> +void xenhost_register(enum xenhost_type type, xenhost_ops_t *ops)
>> +{
>> +    switch (type) {
>> +        case xenhost_r0:
>> +        case xenhost_r1:
>> +            BUG_ON(xh_default->type != xenhost_invalid);
>> +
>> +            xh_default->type = type;
>> +            xh_default->ops = ops;
>> +            break;
>> +        case xenhost_r2:
>> +            BUG_ON(xh_remote->type != xenhost_invalid);
>> +
>> +            /*
>> +             * We should have a default xenhost by the
>> +             * time xh_remote is registered.
>> +             */
>> +            BUG_ON(!xh_default);
>> +
>> +            xh_remote->type = type;
>> +            xh_remote->ops = ops;
>> +            break;
>> +        default:
>> +            BUG();
>> +    }
>> +}
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * __xenhost_unregister: expected to be called only if there's an
>> + * error early in the init.
>> + */
>> +void __xenhost_unregister(enum xenhost_type type)
>> +{
>> +    switch (type) {
>> +        case xenhost_r0:
>> +        case xenhost_r1:
>> +            xh_default->type = xenhost_invalid;
>> +            xh_default->ops = NULL;
>> +            break;
>> +        case xenhost_r2:
>> +            xh_remote->type = xenhost_invalid;
>> +            xh_remote->ops = NULL;
>> +            break;
>> +        default:
>> +            BUG();
>> +    }
>> +}
>> diff --git a/include/xen/xen.h b/include/xen/xen.h
>> index 0e2156786ad2..540db8459536 100644
>> --- a/include/xen/xen.h
>> +++ b/include/xen/xen.h
>> @@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ extern struct hvm_start_info pvh_start_info;
>>   #define xen_initial_domain()    (0)
>>   #endif    /* CONFIG_XEN_DOM0 */
>> +#define xen_driver_domain()    xen_initial_domain()
>> +#define xen_nested()    0
>> +
>>   struct bio_vec;
>>   bool xen_biovec_phys_mergeable(const struct bio_vec *vec1,
>>           const struct bio_vec *vec2);
>> diff --git a/include/xen/xenhost.h b/include/xen/xenhost.h
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..a58e883f144e
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/include/xen/xenhost.h
>> @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
>> +#ifndef __XENHOST_H
>> +#define __XENHOST_H
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * Xenhost abstracts out the Xen interface. It co-exists with the 
>> PV/HVM/PVH
>> + * abstractions (x86_init, hypervisor_x86, pv_ops etc) and is meant to
>> + * expose ops for communication between the guest and Xen (hypercall, 
>> cpuid,
>> + * shared_info/vcpu_info, evtchn, grant-table and on top of those, 
>> xenbus, ballooning),
>> + * so these could differ based on the kind of underlying Xen: 
>> regular, local,
>> + * and nested.
>> + *
>> + * Any call-sites which initiate communication with the hypervisor take
>> + * xenhost_t * as a parameter and use the appropriate xenhost interface.
>> + *
>> + * Note, that the init for the nested xenhost (in the nested dom0 case,
>> + * there are two) happens for each operation alongside the default 
>> xenhost
>> + * (which remains similar to the one now) and is not deferred for later.
>> + * This allows us to piggy-back on the non-trivial sequencing, 
>> inter-locking
>> + * logic in the init of the default xenhost.
>> + */
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * xenhost_type: specifies the controlling Xen interface. The notation,
>> + * xenhost_r0, xenhost_r1, xenhost_r2 is meant to invoke hypervisor 
>> distance
>> + * from the guest.
> 
> This naming makes it hard to correlate the different things: In the
> nested case xenhost_r2 means L0 hypervisor, same as in the non-nested
> case xenhost_r1 does.
Agreed.

> 
> What about: xenhost_local (instead xenhost_r0), xenhost_direct (instead
> xenhost_r1) and xenhost_nested (instead xenhost_r2). Or you use an
> integer to denote the distance enabling even deeper nesting levels (at
> least in theory).
These are clearer. Will change.

> 
>> + *
>> + * Note that the distance is relative, and so does not identify a 
>> specific
>> + * hypervisor, just the role played by the interface: so, instance 
>> for L0-guest
>> + * xenhost_r1 would be L0-Xen and for an L1-guest, L1-Xen.
>> + */
>> +enum xenhost_type {
>> +    xenhost_invalid = 0,
>> +    /*
>> +     * xenhost_r1: the guest's frontend or backend drivers talking
>> +     * to a hypervisor one level removed.
>> +     * This is the ordinary, non-nested configuration as well as for the
>> +     * typical nested frontends and backends.
>> +     *
>> +     * The corresponding xenhost_t would continue to use the current
>> +     * interfaces, via a redirection layer.
>> +     */
>> +    xenhost_r1,
>> +
>> +    /*
>> +     * xenhost_r2: frontend drivers communicating with a hypervisor two
>> +     * levels removed: so L1-dom0-frontends communicating with L0-Xen.
>> +     *
>> +     * This is the nested-Xen configuration: L1-dom0-frontend drivers 
>> can
>> +     * now talk to L0-dom0-backend drivers via a separate xenhost_t.
>> +     */
>> +    xenhost_r2,
>> +
>> +    /*
>> +     * Local/Co-located case: backend drivers now run in the same 
>> address
>> +     * space as the hypervisor. The driver model remains same as
>> +     * xenhost_r1, but with slightly different interfaces.
>> +     *
>> +     * Any frontend guests of this hypervisor will continue to be
>> +     * xenhost_r1.
>> +     */
>> +    xenhost_r0,
>> +};
>> +
>> +struct xenhost_ops;
>> +
>> +typedef struct {
>> +    enum xenhost_type type;
>> +
>> +    struct xenhost_ops *ops;
>> +} xenhost_t;
>> +
>> +typedef struct xenhost_ops {
>> +} xenhost_ops_t;
>> +
>> +extern xenhost_t *xh_default, *xh_remote;
>> +extern xenhost_t xenhosts[2];
> 
> Use a max nesting level define here and ...
> 
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * xenhost_register(): is called early in the guest's xen-init, after 
>> it detects
>> + * in some implementation defined manner what kind of underlying 
>> xenhost or
>> + * xenhosts exist.
>> + * Specifies the type of xenhost being registered and the ops for that.
>> + */
>> +void xenhost_register(enum xenhost_type type, xenhost_ops_t *ops);
>> +void __xenhost_unregister(enum xenhost_type type);
>> +
>> +
>> +/*
>> + * Convoluted interface so we can do this without adding a loop counter.
>> + */
>> +#define for_each_xenhost(xh) \
>> +    for ((xh) = (xenhost_t **) &xenhosts[0];    \
>> +        (((xh) - (xenhost_t **)&xenhosts) < 2) && (*xh)->type != 
>> xenhost_invalid; (xh)++)
> 
> ... here, too.
Sure.

Ankur

> 
>> +
>> +#endif /* __XENHOST_H */
>>
> 
> 
> Juergen

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