RE: [PATCH v2 2/3] KVM: PPC: epapr: Add idle hcall support for host

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: kvm-ppc-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kvm-ppc-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Alexander Graf
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 8:15 AM
> To: Liu Yu-B13201
> Cc: kvm-ppc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; galak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Wood Scott-
> B07421; Tabi Timur-B04825
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] KVM: PPC: epapr: Add idle hcall support for host
> 
> 
> On 05.01.2012, at 10:07, Liu Yu wrote:
> 
> > And add a new flag definition in kvm_ppc_pvinfo to indicate whether
> > host support EV_IDLE hcall.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Liu Yu <yu.liu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > v2:
> > 1. instead of adding new field in kvm_ppc_pvinfo, use flags.
> > 2. expose hcall definitions to userspace
> >
> > arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_para.h |   14 ++++++++++++--
> > arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c          |    8 ++++++++
> > include/linux/kvm.h                 |    2 ++
> > 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_para.h
> > b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_para.h
> > index 50533f9..e8632b6 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_para.h
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_para.h
> > @@ -41,9 +41,19 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch_shared { };
> >
> > #define KVM_SC_MAGIC_R0		0x4b564d21 /* "KVM!" */
> > -#define HC_VENDOR_KVM		(42 << 16)
> > +
> > +#include <asm/epapr_hcalls.h>
> > +
> > +/* ePAPR Hypercall Vendor ID */
> > +#define HC_VENDOR_EPAPR		(EV_EPAPR_VENDOR_ID << 16)
> > +#define HC_VENDOR_KVM		(EV_KVM_VENDOR_ID << 16)
> > +
> > +/* ePAPR Hypercall Token */
> > +#define HC_EV_IDLE		EV_IDLE
> > +
> > +/* ePAPR Hypercall Return Codes */
> > #define HC_EV_SUCCESS		0
> > -#define HC_EV_UNIMPLEMENTED	12
> > +#define HC_EV_UNIMPLEMENTED	EV_UNIMPLEMENTED
> >
> > #define KVM_FEATURE_MAGIC_PAGE	1
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
> > index c33f6a7..1242ee1 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
> > @@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ int kvmppc_kvm_pv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >
> > 		/* Second return value is in r4 */
> > 		break;
> > +	case HC_VENDOR_EPAPR | HC_EV_IDLE:
> > +		r = HC_EV_SUCCESS;
> > +		kvm_vcpu_block(vcpu);
> 
> Hrm. This will return on signal. So if the guest sends an idle hcall, then user space gets a
> random signal, we'll continue executing the guest CPU, getting us out of idle even though the
> guest didn't expect it, since the guest really wants to get an interrupt after the idle hcall.

Is that a problem though?   Won't it be just like a spurious interrupt where
the guest would wake up, see that there is nothing to do, and then
go idle again?   What is your concern here?

> Maybe we should just set the MSR_WE bit, so we'll get back into wait state on next vcpu_run?
> But then again that's guest visible, so I suppose a separate flag would be better.

Put a separate flag where?

Stuart

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