[RFC][Patch V7 1/7] KVM: Support for guest page hinting

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From: Nitesh Narayan Lal <nilal@xxxxxxxxxx>

This patch includes the following:
1. Basic skeleton for the support
2. Enablement of x86 platform to use the same

Signed-off-by: Nitesh Narayan Lal <nilal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 arch/x86/Kbuild       | 2 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig  | 6 ++++++
 arch/x86/kvm/Makefile | 2 ++
 include/linux/gfp.h   | 7 +++++++
 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kbuild b/arch/x86/Kbuild
index 0038a2d..7d39d7d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/x86/Kbuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ obj-y += entry/
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS) += events/
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_KVM) += kvm/
+obj-$(subst m,y,$(CONFIG_KVM)) += kvm/
 
 # Xen paravirtualization support
 obj-$(CONFIG_XEN) += xen/
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
index 92fd433..e8b1291 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ config KVM_MMU_AUDIT
 	 This option adds a R/W kVM module parameter 'mmu_audit', which allows
 	 auditing of KVM MMU events at runtime.
 
+config KVM_FREE_PAGE_HINTING
+       def_bool y
+       depends on KVM
+       select VIRTIO
+       select VIRTIO_BALLOON
+
 # OK, it's a little counter-intuitive to do this, but it puts it neatly under
 # the virtualization menu.
 source drivers/vhost/Kconfig
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile b/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile
index dc4f2fd..866dd56 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ kvm-y			+= x86.o mmu.o emulate.o i8259.o irq.o lapic.o \
 			   i8254.o ioapic.o irq_comm.o cpuid.o pmu.o mtrr.o \
 			   hyperv.o page_track.o debugfs.o
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_KVM_FREE_PAGE_HINTING)	+= $(KVM)/page_hinting.o
+
 kvm-intel-y		+= vmx.o pmu_intel.o
 kvm-amd-y		+= svm.o pmu_amd.o
 
diff --git a/include/linux/gfp.h b/include/linux/gfp.h
index a6afcec..72cd41b 100644
--- a/include/linux/gfp.h
+++ b/include/linux/gfp.h
@@ -439,6 +439,13 @@ static inline struct zonelist *node_zonelist(int nid, gfp_t flags)
 	return NODE_DATA(nid)->node_zonelists + gfp_zonelist(flags);
 }
 
+#ifdef	CONFIG_KVM_FREE_PAGE_HINTING
+#define HAVE_ARCH_ALLOC_PAGE
+#define HAVE_ARCH_FREE_PAGE
+void arch_free_page(struct page *page, int order);
+void arch_alloc_page(struct page *page, int order);
+#endif
+
 #ifndef HAVE_ARCH_FREE_PAGE
 static inline void arch_free_page(struct page *page, int order) { }
 #endif
-- 
2.9.5




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