Hi Christoffer, On 27/04/2017 18:38, Christoffer Dall wrote: > On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 05:29:35PM +0200, Auger Eric wrote: >> >> >> On 27/04/2017 16:45, Christoffer Dall wrote: >>> Hi Eric, >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 02:51:00PM +0200, Auger Eric wrote: >>>> On 27/04/2017 13:02, Christoffer Dall wrote: >>>>> On Thu, Apr 27, 2017 at 11:33:39AM +0200, Auger Eric wrote: >>>>>> On 27/04/2017 10:57, Christoffer Dall wrote: >>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 05:48:32PM +0200, Auger Eric wrote: >>>>>>>> On 26/04/2017 14:31, Christoffer Dall wrote: >>>>>>>>> On Fri, Apr 14, 2017 at 12:15:13PM +0200, Eric Auger wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Add description for how to access ITS registers and how to save/restore >>>>>>>>>> ITS tables into/from memory. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> --- >>>>>>>>>> v4 -> v5: >>>>>>>>>> - take into account Christoffer's comments >>>>>>>>>> - pending table save on GICV3 side now >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> v3 -> v4: >>>>>>>>>> - take into account Peter's comments: >>>>>>>>>> - typos >>>>>>>>>> - KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_ITS_TABLES kvm_device_attr = 0 >>>>>>>>>> - add a validity bit in DTE >>>>>>>>>> - document all fields in CTE and ITE >>>>>>>>>> - document ABI revision >>>>>>>>>> - take into account Andre's comments: >>>>>>>>>> - document restrictions about GITS_CREADR writing and GITS_IIDR >>>>>>>>>> - document -EBUSY error if one or more VCPUS are runnning >>>>>>>>>> - document 64b registers only can be accessed with 64b access >>>>>>>>>> - itt_addr field matches bits [51:8] of the itt_addr >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> v1 -> v2: >>>>>>>>>> - DTE and ITE now are 8 bytes >>>>>>>>>> - DTE and ITE now indexed by deviceid/eventid >>>>>>>>>> - use ITE name instead of ITTE >>>>>>>>>> - mentions ITT_addr matches bits [51:8] of the actual address >>>>>>>>>> - mentions LE layout >>>>>>>>>> --- >>>>>>>>>> Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-its.txt | 99 ++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>>>>>>>> 1 file changed, 99 insertions(+) >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-its.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-its.txt >>>>>>>>>> index 6081a5b..b5f010d 100644 >>>>>>>>>> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-its.txt >>>>>>>>>> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-its.txt >>>>>>>>>> @@ -32,7 +32,106 @@ Groups: >>>>>>>>>> KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CTRL_INIT >>>>>>>>>> request the initialization of the ITS, no additional parameter in >>>>>>>>>> kvm_device_attr.addr. >>>>>>>>>> + >>>>>>>>>> + KVM_DEV_ARM_ITS_SAVE_TABLES >>>>>>>>>> + save the ITS table data into guest RAM, at the location provisioned >>>>>>>>>> + by the guest in corresponding registers/table entries. >>>>>>>>>> + >>>>>>>>>> + The layout of the tables in guest memory defines an ABI. The entries >>>>>>>>>> + are laid out in little endian format as described in the last paragraph. >>>>>>>>>> + >>>>>>>>>> + KVM_DEV_ARM_ITS_RESTORE_TABLES >>>>>>>>>> + restore the ITS tables from guest RAM to ITS internal structures. >>>>>>>>>> + >>>>>>>>>> + The GICV3 must be restored before the ITS and all ITS registers but >>>>>>>>>> + the GITS_CTLR must be restored before restoring the ITS tables. >>>>>>>>>> + >>>>>>>>>> + The GITS_IIDR read-only register must also be restored before >>>>>>>>>> + the table restore as the IIDR revision field encodes the ABI revision. >>>>>>>>>> + >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> what is the expected sequence of operations. For example, to restore >>>>>>>>> the ITS, do I call KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CTRL_INIT first, then restore all >>>>>>>>> the memory and registers, and finally call KVM_DEV_ARM_ITS_RESTORE_TABLES? >>>>>>>> Yes KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CTRL_INIT comes first, then restore all registers >>>>>>>> except GITS_CTLR, then table restore, then GITS_CTLR >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Is there any interaction between when you call KVM_DEV_ARM_ITS_RESTORE_TABLES >>>>>>>>> and restore GITS_CTLR (which enables the ITS)? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Yep, when GITS_CTLR is set, LPIs may be enabled and this on that event >>>>>>>> that the pending table is read. But the whole pending table is not read >>>>>>>> as we only iterate on registered LPIs. So the ITT must have been >>>>>>>> restored previously. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I became aware that the pending table sync is done twice, once in the >>>>>>>> pending table restore, and once in the GITS_CTLR restore. So if we >>>>>>>> leave this order specification, I should be able to remove the sync on >>>>>>>> table restore. This was the original reason why GITS_CTLR restore has >>>>>>>> been done at the very end. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm sorry, I'm a bit confused. Do we not need >>>>>>> KVM_DEV_ARM_ITS_RESTORE_TABLES at all then? >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes you do. I was talking about the RDIST pending table sync. The save >>>>>> is explicit using GICV3 device KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_SAVE_PENDING_TABLES. >>>>>> However the sync is implicit on GITS_CTLR restore if LPIs are enabled. >>>>>> and today I do it also on ITS device KVM_DEV_ARM_ITS_RESTORE_TABLES >>>>>> which is not requested I think since GITS_CTLR restore does it already. >>>>> >>>>> Shouldn't restoring the pending tables happen when restoring some >>>>> redeistributor state and not anything related to the ITS? >>>> >>>> Marc wrote: >>>> " >>>> I don't think you necessarily need a coarse map. When restoring the ITS >>>> tables, you can always read the pending bit when creating the LPI >>>> structure (it has been written to RAM at save time). Note that we >>>> already do something like this in vgic_enable_lpis(). >>>> " >>>> >>>> This is currently what is implemented I think. the pending tables are >>>> currently sync'ed on GITS_CTLR set (if LPI are enabled) + erroneously >>>> also on on ITS table restore >>>> >>>> The problematic is: Either you know in advance which LPI INTIDare used >>>> or you need to parse the whole pending table (possibly using the 1st kB >>>> as coarse mapping). >>>> >>>> If you don't know the LPI INTIDs in advance it is only possible to >>>> restore the pending bit of pending LPIs. At that time you would >>>> re-allocate those pending LPI (vgic_add_lpi) and when you restore the >>>> ITS ITT you would do the same for those which were not pending. Looks >>>> really heavy to me: coarse mapping + dual vgic_add_lpi path. >>>> >>>> Otherwise we would need to add another dependency between RDIST pending >>>> table restore and ITS table restore but this looks even more weird, no? >>>> >>>> >>> So I just sat down with Andre and Marc and we tried to work through this >>> and came up with the best scheme. I apologize in advance for the >>> one-way nature of this e-mail, and I am of course open to discussing the >>> following proposal again if you do not agree. >>> >>> What I think this document should say, is that the following ordering >>> must be followed when restoring the GIC and the ITS: >>> >>> First, restore all guest memory >>> >>> Second, restore ALL redistributors >>> >>> Third, restore the ITS, in the following order: >>> 1. Initialize the ITS (KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CTRL_INIT) >>> 2. Restore GITS_CBASER >>> 3. Restore all other GITS_ registers, except GITS_CTLR! >>> 4. Load the ITS table data (KVM_DEV_ARM_ITS_RESTORE_TABLES) >>> 5. Restore GITS_CTLR >>> >>> The rationale is that we really want the redistributor and the ITS >>> restore to be independent and follow the architecture. This means that >>> our ABI for the redistributor should still work without restoring an ITS >>> (if we ever decide to support LPIs for KVM without the ITS). >> >> OK. Note I already mentioned that GICv3 must be restored before the ITS. >> To me this comprised the RDIST. > > Possibly, but I think it's good to write out the whole thing so we > clearly understand the flow. That could better be achieved by > correcting my proposed text above to say something like "Second, restore > ALL redistributors to ensure the pending and configuration tables can be > read." > >> >> I understand the above description of the ordering comes in addition to >> the existing text, right? > > Yes > >> in other words I keep the GITS_READR, >> GITS_IIDR specific text as well as KVM_DEV_ARM_ITS_SAVE/RESTORE_TABLES >> section. >> > > Yes. But you don't need to do any reading of the pending table on any > of the restore operations. well you told me to do it on vgic_add_lpi(). This is obviously called on ITS table restore. /me confused. Obviously this is implicit and should not be documented. Is that what you meant? btw this is not documented atm I think. > > Btw., I think it's GITS_CREADR, not GITS_READR. right. Thanks Eric > >>> >>> In terms of our current implementation this means that vgic_add_lpi() >>> should ask the redistributor what the state of the LPI is (priority, >>> enabled, pending). >> this practically means I move update_lpi_config call from >> vgic_its_restore_ite to vgic_add_lpi(). OK > > Pretty much, yes. > > Thanks, > -Christoffer > > _______________________________________________ > linux-arm-kernel mailing list > linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel >
