Re: [RFC PATCH v3 10/10] hw: arm_gic_kvm: Add KVM VGIC save/restore logic

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On 19 November 2013 06:18, Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Save and restore the ARM KVM VGIC state from the kernel.  We rely on
> QEMU to marshal the GICState data structure and therefore simply
> synchronize the kernel state with the QEMU emulated state in both
> directions.
>
> We take some care on the restore path to check the VGIC has been
> configured with enough IRQs and CPU interfaces that we can properly
> restore the state, and for separate set/clear registers we first fully
> clear the registers and then set the required bits.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Changelog [v3]:
>  - Separate patch for adding the APR register state
>
> Changelog [v2]:
>  - Remove num_irq from GIC VMstate structure
>  - Increment GIC VMstate version number
>  - Use extract32/deposit32 for bit-field modifications
>  - Address other smaller review comments
>  - Renames kvm_arm_gic_dist_[readr/writer] functions to
>    kvm_dist_[get/put] and shortened other function names
>  - Use concrete format for APRn

Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@xxxxxxxxxx>

thanks
-- PMM
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