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Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 11:04:12 -0700
From: Elliot Berman <quic_eberman@...cinc.com>
To: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 21/21] docs: gunyah: Document Gunyah VM Manager
On 11/2/2022 6:05 AM, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 11:58:46AM -0700, Elliot Berman wrote:
>> diff --git a/Documentation/virt/gunyah/vm-manager.rst b/Documentation/virt/gunyah/vm-manager.rst
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 000000000000..c232ba05de7e
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/Documentation/virt/gunyah/vm-manager.rst
>> @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
>> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>> +
>> +=======================
>> +Virtual Machine Manager
>> +=======================
>> +
>> +The Gunyah Virtual Machine Manager is a Linux driver to support launching virtual machines.
>> +
>> +Summary
>> +=======
>> +
>> +Gunyah VMM presently supports launching non-proxy scheduled Linux-like virtual machines.
>> +
>> +Sample Userspace VMM
>> +====================
>> +
>> +A sample userspace VMM is included in samples/gunyah/ along with a sample minimal devicetree
>> +that can be used to launch a Linux-like virtual machine under Gunyah. To build this sample, enable
>> +CONFIG_SAMPLE_GUNYAH.
>> +
>> +IOCTLs and userspace VMM flows
>> +==============================
>> +
>> +The kernel exposes a char device interface at /dev/gunyah.
>> +
>> +To create a VM, use the GH_CREATE_VM ioctl. A successful call will return a "Gunyah VM" file descriptor.
>> +
>> +/dev/gunyah API Descriptions
>> +----------------------------
>> +
>> +GH_CREATE_VM
>> +~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> +
>> +Creates a Gunyah VM. The argument is reserved for future use and must be 0.
>> +
>> +Gunyah VM API Descriptions
>> +--------------------------
>> +
>> +GH_VM_SET_USER_MEM_REGION
>> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> +
>> +::
>> +
>> + struct gh_userspace_memory_region {
>> + __u32 label;
>> + __u32 flags;
>> + __u64 guest_phys_addr;
>> + __u64 memory_size;
>> + __u64 userspace_addr;
>> + };
>> +
>> +This ioctl allows the user to create or delete a memory parcel for a guest
>> +virtual machine. Each memory region is uniquely identified by a label;
>> +attempting to create two memory regions with the same label is not allowed.
>> +
>> +While VMM is guest-agnostic and allows runtime addition of memory regions,
>> +Linux guest virtual machines do not support accepting memory regions at runtime.
>> +Thus, memory regions should be provided before starting the VM and the VM
>> +configured to accept those memory regions at boot-up.
>> +
>> +The guest physical address is used by Linux to check the requested user regions
>> +do not overlap and to help find a corresponding memory region for calls like
>> +GH_VM_SET_DTB_CONFIG.
>> +
>> +To delete a memory region, call GH_VM_SET_USER_MEM_REGION with label set to the
>> +memory region of interest and memory_size set to 0.
>> +
>> +The flags field of gh_userspace_memory_region can set the following bits. All
>> +other bits must be 0 and are reserved for future use. The ioctl will return
>> +-EINVAL if an unsupported bit is detected.
>> +
>> + - GH_MEM_ALLOW_READ/GH_MEM_ALLOW_WRITE/GH_MEM_ALLOW_EXEC sets read/write/exec permissions
>> + for the guest, respectively.
>> +
>> + - GH_MEM_LENT means that the memory will be unmapped from the host and be unaccessible by
>> + the host while the guest has the region.
>> +
>> +GH_VM_SET_DTB_CONFIG
>> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> +
>> +::
>> +
>> + struct gh_vm_dtb_config {
>> + __u64 gpa;
>> + __u64 size;
>> + };
>> +
>> +This ioctl sets the location of the VM's devicetree blob and is used by Gunyah
>> +Resource Manager to allocate resources.
>> +
>> +GH_VM_START
>> +~~~~~~~~~~~
>> +
>> +This ioctl starts the virtual machine.
>
> I think the wording can be better:
>
> ---- >8 ----
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/virt/gunyah/vm-manager.rst b/Documentation/virt/gunyah/vm-manager.rst
> index c232ba05de7e96..772fd970b91d7e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virt/gunyah/vm-manager.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/virt/gunyah/vm-manager.rst
> @@ -4,18 +4,15 @@
> Virtual Machine Manager
> =======================
>
> -The Gunyah Virtual Machine Manager is a Linux driver to support launching virtual machines.
> -
> -Summary
> -=======
> -
> -Gunyah VMM presently supports launching non-proxy scheduled Linux-like virtual machines.
> +The Gunyah Virtual Machine Manager is a Linux driver for launching virtual
> +machines using Gunyah. It presently supports launching non-proxy scheduled
> +Linux-like virtual machines.
>
> Sample Userspace VMM
> ====================
>
> -A sample userspace VMM is included in samples/gunyah/ along with a sample minimal devicetree
> -that can be used to launch a Linux-like virtual machine under Gunyah. To build this sample, enable
> +A sample userspace VMM is included in samples/gunyah/ along with a minimal
> +devicetree that can be used to launch a VM. To build this sample, enable
> CONFIG_SAMPLE_GUNYAH.
>
> IOCTLs and userspace VMM flows
> @@ -23,7 +20,8 @@ IOCTLs and userspace VMM flows
>
> The kernel exposes a char device interface at /dev/gunyah.
>
> -To create a VM, use the GH_CREATE_VM ioctl. A successful call will return a "Gunyah VM" file descriptor.
> +To create a VM, use the GH_CREATE_VM ioctl. A successful call will return a
> +"Gunyah VM" file descriptor.
>
> /dev/gunyah API Descriptions
> ----------------------------
> @@ -51,29 +49,28 @@ GH_VM_SET_USER_MEM_REGION
>
> This ioctl allows the user to create or delete a memory parcel for a guest
> virtual machine. Each memory region is uniquely identified by a label;
> -attempting to create two memory regions with the same label is not allowed.
> +attempting to create two regions with the same label is not allowed.
>
> While VMM is guest-agnostic and allows runtime addition of memory regions,
> Linux guest virtual machines do not support accepting memory regions at runtime.
> -Thus, memory regions should be provided before starting the VM and the VM
> -configured to accept those memory regions at boot-up.
> +Thus, memory regions should be provided before starting the VM and the VM must
> +be configured to accept these at boot-up.
>
> -The guest physical address is used by Linux to check the requested user regions
> -do not overlap and to help find a corresponding memory region for calls like
> -GH_VM_SET_DTB_CONFIG.
> +The guest physical address is used by Linux kernel to check that the requested
> +user regions do not overlap and to help find the corresponding memory region
> +for calls like GH_VM_SET_DTB_CONFIG.
>
> To delete a memory region, call GH_VM_SET_USER_MEM_REGION with label set to the
> -memory region of interest and memory_size set to 0.
> +desired region and memory_size set to 0.
>
> -The flags field of gh_userspace_memory_region can set the following bits. All
> +The flags field of gh_userspace_memory_region accepts the following bits. All
> other bits must be 0 and are reserved for future use. The ioctl will return
> -EINVAL if an unsupported bit is detected.
>
> - - GH_MEM_ALLOW_READ/GH_MEM_ALLOW_WRITE/GH_MEM_ALLOW_EXEC sets read/write/exec permissions
> - for the guest, respectively.
> -
> - - GH_MEM_LENT means that the memory will be unmapped from the host and be unaccessible by
> - the host while the guest has the region.
> + - GH_MEM_ALLOW_READ/GH_MEM_ALLOW_WRITE/GH_MEM_ALLOW_EXEC sets read/write/exec
> + permissions for the guest, respectively.
> + - GH_MEM_LENT means that the memory will be unmapped from the host and be
> + unaccessible by the host while the guest has the region.
One side question -- before, you asked that I add newline between the
list entries. Here, you've removed them. When do I need the extra
newline vs not?
https://lore.kernel.org/all/YzUUaIx+azyzFDNX@debian.me/
>
> GH_VM_SET_DTB_CONFIG
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> @@ -91,4 +88,4 @@ Resource Manager to allocate resources.
> GH_VM_START
> ~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> -This ioctl starts the virtual machine.
> +This ioctl starts the VM.
>
> Thanks.
>
Thanks for reviewing and providing all the suggestions. I've applied all
of them.
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