Re: [PATCH v9 00/21] KVM: s390: enable zPCI for interpretive execution

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On 6/6/22 4:33 PM, Matthew Rosato wrote:
Enable interpretive execution of zPCI instructions + adapter interruption
forwarding for s390x KVM vfio-pci.  This is done by triggering a routine
when the VFIO group is associated with the KVM guest, transmitting to
firmware a special token (GISA designation) to enable that specific guest
for interpretive execution on that zPCI device.  Load/store interpreation
enablement is then controlled by userspace (based upon whether or not a
SHM bit is placed in the virtual function handle).  Adapter Event
Notification interpretation is controlled from userspace via a new KVM
ioctl.

By allowing intepretation of zPCI instructions and firmware delivery of
interrupts to guests, we can reduce the frequency of guest SIE exits for
zPCI.

 From the perspective of guest configuration, you passthrough zPCI devices
in the same manner as before, with intepretation support being used by
default if available in kernel+qemu.

Will follow up with a link the most recent QEMU series.


Latest QEMU series:

https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20220606203614.110928-1-mjrosato@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/



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