Re: [PATCH 08/11] KVM: PPC: add giveup_ext() hook for PPC KVM ops

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On Thu, May 03, 2018 at 04:08:17PM +1000, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 07:54:41PM +0800, wei.guo.simon@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Simon Guo <wei.guo.simon@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Currently HV will save math regs(FP/VEC/VSX) when trap into host. But
> > PR KVM will only save math regs when qemu task switch out of CPU.
> > 
> > To emulate FP/VEC/VSX load, PR KVM need to flush math regs firstly and
> > then be able to update saved VCPU FPR/VEC/VSX area reasonably.
> > 
> > This patch adds the giveup_ext() to KVM ops (an empty one for HV KVM)
> > and kvmppc_complete_mmio_load() can invoke that hook to flush math
> > regs accordingly.
> > 
> > Math regs flush is also necessary for STORE, which will be covered
> > in later patch within this patch series.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Simon Guo <wei.guo.simon@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> I don't see where you have provided a function for Book E.
> 
> I would suggest you only set the function pointer to non-NULL when the
> function is actually needed, i.e. for PR KVM.
Got it.

> 
> It seems to me that this means that emulation of FP/VMX/VSX loads is
> currently broken for PR KVM for the case where kvm_io_bus_read() is
> able to supply the data, and the emulation of FP/VMX/VSX stores is
> broken for PR KVM for all cases.  Do you agree?
> 
Yes. I think so.

> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
> > index 5b875ba..7eb5507 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
> > @@ -2084,6 +2084,10 @@ static int kvmhv_set_smt_mode(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long smt_mode,
> >  	return err;
> >  }
> >  
> > +static void kvmhv_giveup_ext(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, ulong msr)
> > +{
> > +}
> > +
> >  static void unpin_vpa(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvmppc_vpa *vpa)
> >  {
> >  	if (vpa->pinned_addr)
> > @@ -4398,6 +4402,7 @@ static int kvmhv_configure_mmu(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_ppc_mmuv3_cfg *cfg)
> >  	.configure_mmu = kvmhv_configure_mmu,
> >  	.get_rmmu_info = kvmhv_get_rmmu_info,
> >  	.set_smt_mode = kvmhv_set_smt_mode,
> > +	.giveup_ext = kvmhv_giveup_ext,
> >  };
> >  
> >  static int kvm_init_subcore_bitmap(void)
> 
> I think HV KVM could leave this pointer as NULL, and then...
ok.

> 
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
> > index 17f0315..e724601 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
> > @@ -1061,6 +1061,9 @@ static void kvmppc_complete_mmio_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> >  		kvmppc_set_gpr(vcpu, vcpu->arch.io_gpr, gpr);
> >  		break;
> >  	case KVM_MMIO_REG_FPR:
> > +		if (!is_kvmppc_hv_enabled(vcpu->kvm))
> > +			vcpu->kvm->arch.kvm_ops->giveup_ext(vcpu, MSR_FP);
> > +
> 
> This could become
> 		if (vcpu->kvm->arch.kvm_ops->giveup_ext)
> 			vcpu->kvm->arch.kvm_ops->giveup_ext(vcpu, MSR_FP);
> 
> and you wouldn't need to fix Book E explicitly.
Yes

> 
> Paul.

Thanks,
- Simon



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