Re: [RFC][patch 0/6] pci pass-through support for qemu/KVM on s390

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Il 06/09/2014 01:19, Alexander Graf ha scritto:
>> > 1) interpretive execution of pci load/store instruction. If we use this function
>> >    pci access does not get intercepted (no SIE exit) but is handled via microcode.
>> >    To enable this we have to disable zpci device and enable it again with information
>> >    from the SIE control block.
> Hrm. So how about you create a special vm ioctl for KVM that allows you
> to attach a VFIO device fd into the KVM VM context? Then the default
> would stay "accessible by mmap traps", but we could accelerate it with KVM.

There is already KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_ADD and KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_DEL.

Right now, they result in a call to kvm_arch_register_noncoherent_dma or
kvm_arch_unregister_noncoherent_dma, but you can add more hooks.

Paolo

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