Re: [PATCH 00/18] KVM/MIPS32: Support for the new Virtualization ASE (VZ-ASE)

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On 05/18/2013 10:47 PM, Sanjay Lal wrote:
The following patch set adds support for the recently announced virtualization
extensions for the MIPS32 architecture and allows running unmodified kernels in
Guest Mode.

For more info please refer to :
	MIPS Document #: MD00846
	Volume IV-i: Virtualization Module of the MIPS32 Architecture

which can be accessed @: http://www.mips.com/auth/MD00846-2B-VZMIPS32-AFP-01.03.pdf

The patch is agains Linux-3.10-rc1.

KVM/MIPS now supports 2 modes of operation:

(1) VZ mode: Unmodified kernels running in Guest Mode.  The processor now provides
     an almost complete COP0 context in Guest mode. This greatly reduces VM exits.

Two questions:

1) How are you handling not clobbering the Guest K0/K1 registers when a Root exception occurs? It is not obvious to me from inspecting the code.

2) What environment are you using to test this stuff?

David Daney



(2) Trap and Emulate: Runs minimally modified guest kernels in UM and uses binary patching
     to minimize the number of traps and improve performance. This is used for processors
     that do not support the VZ-ASE.

--
Sanjay Lal (18):
   Revert "MIPS: microMIPS: Support dynamic ASID sizing."
   Revert "MIPS: Allow ASID size to be determined at boot time."
   KVM/MIPS32: Export min_low_pfn.
   KVM/MIPS32-VZ: MIPS VZ-ASE related register defines and helper
     macros.
   KVM/MIPS32-VZ: VZ-ASE assembler wrapper functions to set GuestIDs
   KVM/MIPS32-VZ: VZ-ASE related callbacks to handle guest exceptions
     that trap to the Root context.
   KVM/MIPS32: VZ-ASE related CPU feature flags and options.
   KVM/MIPS32-VZ: Entry point for trampolining to the guest and trap
     handlers.
   KVM/MIPS32-VZ: Add support for CONFIG_KVM_MIPS_VZ option
   KVM/MIPS32-VZ: Add API for VZ-ASE Capability
   KVM/MIPS32-VZ: VZ: Handle Guest TLB faults that are handled in Root
     context
   KVM/MIPS32-VZ: VM Exit Stats, add VZ exit reasons.
   KVM/MIPS32-VZ: Top level handler for Guest faults
   KVM/MIPS32-VZ: Guest exception batching support.
   KVM/MIPS32: Add dummy trap handler to catch unexpected exceptions and
     dump out useful info
   KVM/MIPS32-VZ: Add VZ-ASE support to KVM/MIPS data structures.
   KVM/MIPS32: Revert to older method for accessing ASID parameters
   KVM/MIPS32-VZ: Dump out additional info about VZ features as part of
     /proc/cpuinfo

  arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-features.h |   36 ++
  arch/mips/include/asm/cpu-info.h     |   21 +
  arch/mips/include/asm/cpu.h          |    5 +
  arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h     |  244 ++++++--
  arch/mips/include/asm/mipsvzregs.h   |  494 +++++++++++++++
  arch/mips/include/asm/mmu_context.h  |   95 ++-
  arch/mips/kernel/genex.S             |    2 +-
  arch/mips/kernel/mips_ksyms.c        |    6 +
  arch/mips/kernel/proc.c              |   11 +
  arch/mips/kernel/smtc.c              |   10 +-
  arch/mips/kernel/traps.c             |    6 +-
  arch/mips/kvm/Kconfig                |   14 +-
  arch/mips/kvm/Makefile               |   14 +-
  arch/mips/kvm/kvm_locore.S           | 1088 ++++++++++++++++++----------------
  arch/mips/kvm/kvm_mips.c             |   73 ++-
  arch/mips/kvm/kvm_mips_dyntrans.c    |   24 +-
  arch/mips/kvm/kvm_mips_emul.c        |  236 ++++----
  arch/mips/kvm/kvm_mips_int.h         |    5 +
  arch/mips/kvm/kvm_mips_stats.c       |   17 +-
  arch/mips/kvm/kvm_tlb.c              |  444 +++++++++++---
  arch/mips/kvm/kvm_trap_emul.c        |   68 ++-
  arch/mips/kvm/kvm_vz.c               |  786 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
  arch/mips/kvm/kvm_vz_locore.S        |   74 +++
  arch/mips/lib/dump_tlb.c             |    5 +-
  arch/mips/lib/r3k_dump_tlb.c         |    7 +-
  arch/mips/mm/tlb-r3k.c               |   20 +-
  arch/mips/mm/tlb-r4k.c               |    2 +-
  arch/mips/mm/tlb-r8k.c               |    2 +-
  arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c                 |   82 +--
  include/uapi/linux/kvm.h             |    1 +
  30 files changed, 2906 insertions(+), 986 deletions(-)
  create mode 100644 arch/mips/include/asm/mipsvzregs.h
  create mode 100644 arch/mips/kvm/kvm_vz.c
  create mode 100644 arch/mips/kvm/kvm_vz_locore.S




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