Hi Andre, On which kernel version should I apply these series ? Thanks, Diana On 03/25/2016 04:05 AM, Andre Przywara wrote: > This series is a joint effort to re-implement KVM's GIC emulation. > > While the current implementation is centered around providing > efficient MMIO emulation, the hot path for most guests is actually > the guest entry and exit, which currently is rather costly. > Also the existing emulation has a global distributor lock, which > quickly becomes a bottleneck once the number of VCPUs increases. > Additionally the emulation was originally designed for GICv2, adding > GICv3 ITS emulation support to this proved to be rather painful. > Last, but not least the existing code became less and less > maintainable, with many special cases handled explicitly. > > The new implementation is build around a struct vgic_irq data data > structure, which holds all information about a virtual interrupt. > Interruts which should be injected are hold in a per-VCPU list, this > make the entry/exit path much more efficient. Also the new structure > allows to have more fine grained locking - per IRQ and per VCPU - > getting rid of the global distributor lock. > As a result of the new design ITS emulation fits in more nicely, the > respective code will be provided as a follow-up series. > > This series implements the same feature set as the existing emulation, > as a goodie we now implement priorities correctly. > To allow an easy transition with good test coverage, but still maintain > stability, both implementations live side by side, selectable via a > Kconfig option. The default is the new implementation. > If this code proves to be reliable, we will later remove the current > implementation with an extra patch set. > > Please have a look at the series, review it and give the code some > serious testing (and possibly debugging). All feedback is appreciated. > > Cheers, > Andre. > > Andre Przywara (26): > KVM: arm/arm64: add missing MMIO data write-back > KVM: arm/arm64: pmu: abstract access to number of SPIs > KVM: arm/arm64: arch_timer: rework VGIC <-> timer interface > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add MMIO handling framework > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Export register access interface > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add CTLR, TYPER and IIDR handlers > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add ENABLE registers handlers > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add PENDING registers handlers > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add PRIORITY registers handlers > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add ACTIVE registers handlers > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add CONFIG registers handlers > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add TARGET registers handlers > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add SGIR register handler > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add SGIPENDR register handlers > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add GICv3 emulation framework > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add GICv3 CTLR, IIDR, TYPER handlers > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add GICv3 redistributor TYPER handler > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add GICv3 IDREGS register handler > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add GICv3 IROUTER register handlers > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add GICv3 SGI system register trap handler > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add userland access to VGIC dist registers > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add GICH_VMCR accessors > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add userland GIC CPU interface access > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: implement mapped IRQ handling > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add dummy MSI implementation > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: enable build > > Christoffer Dall (5): > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add data structure definitions > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add acccessor to new struct vgic_irq > instance > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Implement virtual IRQ injection > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add vgic GICv2 change_affinity > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add IRQ sorting > > Eric Auger (12): > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Implement kvm_vgic_vcpu_pending_irq > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: vgic_kvm_device: KVM device ops registration > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: vgic_kvm_device: > KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_NR_IRQS > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: vgic_kvm_device: KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CTRL > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: vgic_kvm_device: KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_ADDR > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: vgic_kvm_device: access to VGIC registers > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: vgic_kvm_device: implement kvm_vgic_addr > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: vgic_init: implement kvm_vgic_hyp_init > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: vgic_init: implement vgic_create > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: vgic_init: implement vgic_init > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: vgic_init: implement map_resources > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add vgic_v2/v3_enable > > Marc Zyngier (2): > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add GICv2 IRQ sync/flush > KVM: arm/arm64: vgic-new: Add GICv3 world switch backend > > arch/arm/kvm/Kconfig | 7 + > arch/arm/kvm/Makefile | 10 + > arch/arm/kvm/mmio.c | 2 +- > arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig | 7 + > arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile | 10 + > include/kvm/arm_vgic.h | 14 +- > include/kvm/vgic/vgic.h | 256 +++++++ > virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c | 11 +- > virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c | 2 +- > virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c | 18 +- > virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v2.c | 381 +++++++++++ > virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v3.c | 357 ++++++++++ > virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c | 614 +++++++++++++++++ > virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.h | 136 ++++ > virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic_init.c | 447 ++++++++++++ > virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic_irqfd.c | 51 ++ > virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic_kvm_device.c | 522 ++++++++++++++ > virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic_mmio.c | 1277 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic_mmio.h | 47 ++ > 19 files changed, 4149 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 include/kvm/vgic/vgic.h > create mode 100644 virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v2.c > create mode 100644 virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v3.c > create mode 100644 virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c > create mode 100644 virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.h > create mode 100644 virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic_init.c > create mode 100644 virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic_irqfd.c > create mode 100644 virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic_kvm_device.c > create mode 100644 virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic_mmio.c > create mode 100644 virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic_mmio.h > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html