Re: [PATCH 20/20] MIPS: KVM: Wire up MSA capability

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On 26/03/15 13:58, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 
> 
> On 11/03/2015 15:44, James Hogan wrote:
>> Now that the code is in place for KVM to support MIPS SIMD Architecutre
>> (MSA) in MIPS guests, wire up the new KVM_CAP_MIPS_MSA capability.
>>
>> For backwards compatibility, the capability must be explicitly enabled
>> in order to detect or make use of MSA from the guest.
>>
>> The capability is not supported if the hardware supports MSA vector
>> partitioning, since the extra support cannot be tested yet and it
>> extends the state that the userland program would have to save.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Gleb Natapov <gleb@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: linux-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Signed-off-by: James Hogan <james.hogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 12 ++++++++++++
>>  arch/mips/kvm/mips.c              | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  include/uapi/linux/kvm.h          |  1 +
>>  3 files changed, 37 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
>> index 47ddf0475211..97dd9ee69ca8 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
>> @@ -3224,6 +3224,18 @@ done the KVM_REG_MIPS_FPR_* and KVM_REG_MIPS_FCR_* registers can be accessed
>>  Config5.FRE bits are accessible via the KVM API and also from the guest,
>>  depending on them being supported by the FPU.
>>  
>> +6.10 KVM_CAP_MIPS_MSA
>> +
>> +Architectures: mips
>> +Target: vcpu
>> +Parameters: args[0] is reserved for future use (should be 0).
>> +
>> +This capability allows the use of the MIPS SIMD Architecture (MSA) by the guest.
>> +It allows the Config3.MSAP bit to be set to enable the use of MSA by the guest.
>> +Once this is done the KVM_REG_MIPS_VEC_* and KVM_REG_MIPS_MSA_* registers can be
>> +accessed, and the Config5.MSAEn bit is accessible via the KVM API and also from
>> +the guest.
>> +
>>  7. Capabilities that can be enabled on VMs
>>  ------------------------------------------
>>  
>> diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
>> index 9319c4360285..3b3530f493eb 100644
>> --- a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
>> +++ b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
>> @@ -880,6 +880,15 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_enable_cap(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>>  			return -EINVAL;
>>  		vcpu->arch.fpu_enabled = true;
>>  		break;
>> +	case KVM_CAP_MIPS_MSA:
>> +		/*
>> +		 * MSA vector partitioning not supported,
>> +		 * see kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension().
>> +		 */
>> +		if (!cpu_has_msa || boot_cpu_data.msa_id & MSA_IR_WRPF)
>> +			return -EINVAL;
> 
> Perhaps you can call kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension directly, outside the
> switch (it's okay if it's called for a capability other than FPU and MSA)?

Yes, good idea. That works nicely.

> 
> Apart from this nit,
> 
> Acked-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Paolo

Thanks!
James

> 
>> +		vcpu->arch.msa_enabled = true;
>> +		break;
>>  	default:
>>  		r = -EINVAL;
>>  		break;
>> @@ -1071,6 +1080,21 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
>>  	case KVM_CAP_MIPS_FPU:
>>  		r = !!cpu_has_fpu;
>>  		break;
>> +	case KVM_CAP_MIPS_MSA:
>> +		/*
>> +		 * We don't support MSA vector partitioning yet:
>> +		 * 1) It would require explicit support which can't be tested
>> +		 *    yet due to lack of support in current hardware.
>> +		 * 2) It extends the state that would need to be saved/restored
>> +		 *    by e.g. QEMU for migration.
>> +		 *
>> +		 * When vector partitioning hardware becomes available, support
>> +		 * could be added by requiring a flag when enabling
>> +		 * KVM_CAP_MIPS_MSA capability to indicate that userland knows
>> +		 * to save/restore the appropriate extra state.
>> +		 */
>> +		r = cpu_has_msa && !(boot_cpu_data.msa_id & MSA_IR_WRPF);
>> +		break;
>>  	default:
>>  		r = 0;
>>  		break;
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
>> index 98f6e5c653ff..5f859888e3ad 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
>> @@ -761,6 +761,7 @@ struct kvm_ppc_smmu_info {
>>  #define KVM_CAP_CHECK_EXTENSION_VM 105
>>  #define KVM_CAP_S390_USER_SIGP 106
>>  #define KVM_CAP_MIPS_FPU 107
>> +#define KVM_CAP_MIPS_MSA 108
>>  
>>  #ifdef KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING
>>  
>>

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