Hi Usama, Usama Arif <usama.arif@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Introduce a paravirtualization interface for KVM/arm64 to obtain whether > the VCPU is currently running or not. > > The PV lock structure of the guest is allocated by user space. > > A hypercall interface is provided for the guest to interrogate the > location of the shared memory structures. > > Signed-off-by: Zengruan Ye <yezengruan@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <usama.arif@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst | 1 + > Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/pvlock.rst | 52 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vcpu.rst | 25 ++++++++++++ > 3 files changed, 78 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/pvlock.rst > > diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst > index e84848432158..b8499dc00a6a 100644 > --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst > +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst > @@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ ARM > hyp-abi > hypercalls > pvtime > + pvlock > ptp_kvm > diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/pvlock.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/pvlock.rst > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..d3c391b16d36 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/pvlock.rst > @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ > +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 > + > +Paravirtualized lock support for arm64 > +====================================== > + > +KVM/arm64 provides a hypervisor service call for paravirtualized guests to > +determine whether a VCPU is currently running or not. > + > +A new SMCCC compatible hypercall is defined: > + > +* ARM_SMCCC_VENDOR_HYP_KVM_PV_LOCK_FUNC_ID: 0xC6000002 > + > +ARM_SMCCC_VENDOR_HYP_KVM_PV_LOCK_FUNC_ID > + > + ============= ======== ========================================== > + Function ID: (uint32) 0xC6000002 > + Return value: (int64) IPA of the pv lock data structure for this > + VCPU. On failure: > + NOT_SUPPORTED (-1) > + ============= ======== ========================================== > + > +The IPA returned by PV_LOCK_PREEMPTED should be mapped by the guest as normal > +memory with inner and outer write back caching attributes, in the inner > +shareable domain. > + > +PV_LOCK_PREEMPTED returns the structure for the calling VCPU. > + > +PV lock state > +------------- > + > +The structure pointed to by the PV_LOCK_PREEMPTED hypercall is as follows: > + > ++-----------+-------------+-------------+---------------------------------+ > +| Field | Byte Length | Byte Offset | Description | > ++===========+=============+=============+=================================+ > +| preempted | 8 | 0 | Indicate if the VCPU that owns | > +| | | | this struct is running or not. | > +| | | | Non-zero values mean the VCPU | > +| | | | has been preempted. Zero means | > +| | | | the VCPU is not preempted. | > ++-----------+-------------+-------------+---------------------------------+ > + > +The preempted field will be updated to 1 by the hypervisor prior to scheduling > +a VCPU. When the VCPU is scheduled out, the preempted field will be updated > +to 0 by the hypervisor. The text above doesn't match the description in the table. Please update the texts to align them with the code. [...]
