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Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 10:50:17 +0700
From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To: Usama Arif <usama.arif@...edance.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [RFC 1/6] KVM: arm64: Document PV-lock interface
On Wed, Nov 02, 2022 at 04:13:35PM +0000, Usama Arif wrote:
> + ============= ======== ==========
> + Function ID: (uint32) 0xC6000020
> + PV_call_id: (uint32) The function to query for support.
> + Currently only PV_LOCK_PREEMPTED is supported.
> + Return value: (int64) NOT_SUPPORTED (-1) or SUCCESS (0) if the relevant
> + PV-lock feature is supported by the hypervisor.
> + ============= ======== ==========
> +
> +PV_LOCK_PREEMPTED
> + ============= ======== ==========
> + Function ID: (uint32) 0xC6000021
> + Return value: (int64) IPA of the pv lock data structure for this
> + VCPU. On failure:
> + NOT_SUPPORTED (-1)
> + ============= ======== ==========
> +
You need to fix up these tables above:
---- >8 ----
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/pvlock.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/pvlock.rst
index 766aeef50b2d31..940a1cb221bc90 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/pvlock.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/pvlock.rst
@@ -15,21 +15,23 @@ The existence of the PV_LOCK hypercall should be probed using the SMCCC 1.1
ARCH_FEATURES mechanism before calling it.
PV_LOCK_FEATURES
- ============= ======== ==========
+
+ ============= ======== =================================================
Function ID: (uint32) 0xC6000020
PV_call_id: (uint32) The function to query for support.
Currently only PV_LOCK_PREEMPTED is supported.
Return value: (int64) NOT_SUPPORTED (-1) or SUCCESS (0) if the relevant
PV-lock feature is supported by the hypervisor.
- ============= ======== ==========
+ ============= ======== =================================================
PV_LOCK_PREEMPTED
- ============= ======== ==========
+
+ ============= ======== ==========================================
Function ID: (uint32) 0xC6000021
Return value: (int64) IPA of the pv lock data structure for this
VCPU. On failure:
NOT_SUPPORTED (-1)
- ============= ======== ==========
+ ============= ======== ==========================================
The IPA returned by PV_LOCK_PREEMPTED should be mapped by the guest as normal
memory with inner and outer write back caching attributes, in the inner
The similar fixup should also be made to the tables in
Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/pvtime.rst, though.
> +The IPA returned by PV_LOCK_PREEMPTED should be mapped by the guest as normal
> +memory with inner and outer write back caching attributes, in the inner
> +shareable domain.
> +
> +PV_LOCK_PREEMPTED returns the structure for the calling VCPU.
> +
> +PV lock state
> +-------------
> +
> +The structure pointed to by the PV_LOCK_PREEMPTED hypercall is as follows:
> +
> ++-----------+-------------+-------------+---------------------------------+
> +| Field | Byte Length | Byte Offset | Description |
> ++===========+=============+=============+=================================+
> +| preempted | 8 | 0 | Indicate if the VCPU that owns |
> +| | | | this struct is running or not. |
> +| | | | Non-zero values mean the VCPU |
> +| | | | has been preempted. Zero means |
> +| | | | the VCPU is not preempted. |
> ++-----------+-------------+-------------+---------------------------------+
> +
> +The preempted field will be updated to 1 by the hypervisor prior to scheduling
> +a VCPU. When the VCPU is scheduled out, the preempted field will be updated
> +to 0 by the hypervisor.
> +
> +The structure will be present within a reserved region of the normal memory
> +given to the guest. The guest should not attempt to write into this memory.
> +There is a structure per VCPU of the guest.
> +
> +For the user space interface see Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vcpu.rst
> +section "4. GROUP: KVM_ARM_VCPU_PVLOCK_CTRL".
Use reST labels for cross-referencing to the documentation section:
---- >8 ----
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/pvlock.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/pvlock.rst
index 940a1cb221bc90..4e9d09b76ef033 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/pvlock.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/pvlock.rst
@@ -62,5 +62,5 @@ The structure will be present within a reserved region of the normal memory
given to the guest. The guest should not attempt to write into this memory.
There is a structure per VCPU of the guest.
-For the user space interface see Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vcpu.rst
-section "4. GROUP: KVM_ARM_VCPU_PVLOCK_CTRL".
+For the user space interface see :ref:`KVM_VCPU_TSC_CTRL in Generic vcpu
+interface documentation <kvm-vcpu-tsc-ctrl>`.
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vcpu.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vcpu.rst
index 223ac2fe62f01f..6532f61073a39c 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vcpu.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vcpu.rst
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ base address must be 64 byte aligned and exist within a valid guest memory
region. See Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/pvtime.rst for more information
including the layout of the stolen time structure.
+.. _kvm-vcpu-tsc-ctrl:
+
4. GROUP: KVM_VCPU_TSC_CTRL
===========================
Also, you need to add the documentation to table of contents (index):
---- >8 ----
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst
index e8484843215808..b8499dc00a6a96 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ ARM
hyp-abi
hypercalls
pvtime
+ pvlock
ptp_kvm
Thanks.
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