linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 4/7] kvm: x86: Add new ioctls for XSAVE extension

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Date:   Wed, 26 May 2021 14:11:56 +0800
From:   "Liu, Jing2" <jing2.liu@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, jing2.liu@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 4/7] kvm: x86: Add new ioctls for XSAVE extension



On 5/25/2021 6:06 AM, Jim Mattson wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 6, 2021 at 11:00 PM Jing Liu <jing2.liu@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>> The static xstate buffer kvm_xsave contains the extended register
>> states, but it is not enough for dynamic features with large state.
>>
>> Introduce a new capability called KVM_CAP_X86_XSAVE_EXTENSION to
>> detect if hardware has XSAVE extension (XFD). Meanwhile, add two
>> new ioctl interfaces to get/set the whole xstate using struct
>> kvm_xsave_extension buffer containing both static and dynamic
>> xfeatures. Reuse fill_xsave and load_xsave for both cases.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jing Liu <jing2.liu@...ux.intel.com>
>> ---
>> +#define KVM_GET_XSAVE_EXTENSION   _IOW(KVMIO,  0xa4, struct kvm_xsave_extension)
>> +#define KVM_SET_XSAVE_EXTENSION   _IOW(KVMIO,  0xa5, struct kvm_xsave_extension)
> Isn't the convention to call these KVM_GET_XSAVE2 and KVM_SET_XSAVE2?
>
> Do you have any documentation to add to Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst?
Thanks for reviewing the patch.
I'll change the name as convention and add documentation if new apis are 
needed.

BRs,
Jing