On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 4:13 PM, Bandan Das <bsd@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jintack Lim <jintack.lim@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > ... >>> >>> I'll share my experiment setup shortly. >> >> I summarized my experiment setup here. >> >> https://github.com/columbia/nesting-pub/wiki/Nested-virtualization-on-ARM-setup > > Thanks Jintack! I was able to test L2 boot up with these instructions. Thanks for the confirmation! > > Next, I will try to run some simple tests. Any suggestions on reducing the L2 bootup > time in my test setup ? I think I will try to make the L2 kernel print > less messages; and maybe just get rid of some of the userspace services. > I also applied the patch to reduce the timer frequency btw. I think you can try to use those kernel parameters: "loglevel=1", with which the kernel print (almost) nothing during the boot process but the init process will print something, or "console=none", with which you don't see anything but the login message. I didn't used them because I wanted to see the L2 boot message as soon as possible :) Thanks, Jintack > > Bandan > >>> >>> Even though this work has some limitations and TODOs, I'd appreciate early >>> feedback on this RFC. Specifically, I'm interested in: >>> >>> - Overall design to manage vcpu context for the virtual EL2 >>> - Verifying correct EL2 register configurations such as HCR_EL2, CPTR_EL2 >>> (Patch 30 and 32) >>> - Patch organization and coding style >> >> I also wonder if the hardware and/or KVM do not support nested >> virtualization but the userspace uses nested virtualization option, >> which one is better: giving an error or launching a regular VM >> silently. >> >>> >>> This patch series is based on kvm/next d38338e. >>> The whole patch series including memory, VGIC, and timer patches is available >>> here: >>> >>> git@xxxxxxxxxx:columbia/nesting-pub.git rfc-v2 >>> >>> Limitations: >>> - There are some cases that the target exception level of a VM is ambiguous when >>> emulating eret instruction. I'm discussing this issue with Christoffer and >>> Marc. Meanwhile, I added a temporary patch (not included in this >>> series. f1beaba in the repo) and used 4.10.0 kernel when testing the guest >>> hypervisor with VHE. >>> - Recursive nested virtualization is not tested yet. >>> - Other hypervisors (such as Xen) on KVM are not tested. >>> >>> TODO: >>> - Submit memory, VGIC, and timer patches >>> - Evaluate regular VM performance to see if there's a negative impact. >>> - Test other hypervisors such as Xen on KVM >>> - Test recursive nested virtualization >>> >>> v1-->v2: >>> - Added support for the virtual EL2 with VHE >>> - Rewrote commit messages and comments from the perspective of supporting >>> execution environments to VMs, rather than from the perspective of the guest >>> hypervisor running in them. >>> - Fixed a few bugs to make it run on the FastModel. >>> - Tested on ARMv8.3 with four configurations. (host/guest. with/without VHE.) >>> - Rebased to kvm/next >>> >>> [1] https://www.community.arm.com/processors/b/blog/posts/armv8-a-architecture-2016-additions >>> >>> Christoffer Dall (7): >>> KVM: arm64: Add KVM nesting feature >>> KVM: arm64: Allow userspace to set PSR_MODE_EL2x >>> KVM: arm64: Add vcpu_mode_el2 primitive to support nesting >>> KVM: arm/arm64: Add a framework to prepare virtual EL2 execution >>> arm64: Add missing TCR hw defines >>> KVM: arm64: Create shadow EL1 registers >>> KVM: arm64: Trap EL1 VM register accesses in virtual EL2 >>> >>> Jintack Lim (31): >>> arm64: Add ARM64_HAS_NESTED_VIRT feature >>> KVM: arm/arm64: Enable nested virtualization via command-line >>> KVM: arm/arm64: Check if nested virtualization is in use >>> KVM: arm64: Add EL2 system registers to vcpu context >>> KVM: arm64: Add EL2 special registers to vcpu context >>> KVM: arm64: Add the shadow context for virtual EL2 execution >>> KVM: arm64: Set vcpu context depending on the guest exception level >>> KVM: arm64: Synchronize EL1 system registers on virtual EL2 entry and >>> exit >>> KVM: arm64: Move exception macros and enums to a common file >>> KVM: arm64: Support to inject exceptions to the virtual EL2 >>> KVM: arm64: Trap SPSR_EL1, ELR_EL1 and VBAR_EL1 from virtual EL2 >>> KVM: arm64: Trap CPACR_EL1 access in virtual EL2 >>> KVM: arm64: Handle eret instruction traps >>> KVM: arm64: Set a handler for the system instruction traps >>> KVM: arm64: Handle PSCI call via smc from the guest >>> KVM: arm64: Inject HVC exceptions to the virtual EL2 >>> KVM: arm64: Respect virtual HCR_EL2.TWX setting >>> KVM: arm64: Respect virtual CPTR_EL2.TFP setting >>> KVM: arm64: Add macros to support the virtual EL2 with VHE >>> KVM: arm64: Add EL2 registers defined in ARMv8.1 to vcpu context >>> KVM: arm64: Emulate EL12 register accesses from the virtual EL2 >>> KVM: arm64: Support a VM with VHE considering EL0 of the VHE host >>> KVM: arm64: Allow the virtual EL2 to access EL2 states without trap >>> KVM: arm64: Manage the shadow states when virtual E2H bit enabled >>> KVM: arm64: Trap and emulate CPTR_EL2 accesses via CPACR_EL1 from the >>> virtual EL2 with VHE >>> KVM: arm64: Emulate appropriate VM control system registers >>> KVM: arm64: Respect the virtual HCR_EL2.NV bit setting >>> KVM: arm64: Respect the virtual HCR_EL2.NV bit setting for EL12 >>> register traps >>> KVM: arm64: Respect virtual HCR_EL2.TVM and TRVM settings >>> KVM: arm64: Respect the virtual HCR_EL2.NV1 bit setting >>> KVM: arm64: Respect the virtual CPTR_EL2.TCPAC setting >>> >>> Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 + >>> arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h | 17 ++ >>> arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 15 + >>> arch/arm64/include/asm/cpucaps.h | 3 +- >>> arch/arm64/include/asm/esr.h | 1 + >>> arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h | 2 + >>> arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_coproc.h | 3 +- >>> arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h | 56 ++++ >>> arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 64 ++++- >>> arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_hyp.h | 24 -- >>> arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-hwdef.h | 6 + >>> arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h | 70 +++++ >>> arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h | 1 + >>> arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.c | 1 + >>> arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 11 + >>> arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile | 5 +- >>> arch/arm64/kvm/context.c | 346 +++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> arch/arm64/kvm/emulate-nested.c | 83 ++++++ >>> arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c | 2 + >>> arch/arm64/kvm/handle_exit.c | 89 +++++- >>> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S | 13 + >>> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/hyp-entry.S | 2 +- >>> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c | 33 ++- >>> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/sysreg-sr.c | 117 ++++---- >>> arch/arm64/kvm/inject_fault.c | 12 - >>> arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c | 63 +++++ >>> arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c | 8 + >>> arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c | 359 +++++++++++++++++++++++- >>> arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.h | 8 + >>> arch/arm64/kvm/trace.h | 43 ++- >>> virt/kvm/arm/arm.c | 20 ++ >>> 31 files changed, 1363 insertions(+), 118 deletions(-) >>> create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kvm/context.c >>> create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kvm/emulate-nested.c >>> create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c >>> >>> -- >>> 1.9.1 >>> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
