Re: [PATCH RFC V10 12/18] kvm hypervisor : Add a hypercall to KVMhypervisor to support pv-ticketlocks

From: Gleb Natapov
Date: Sun Jul 14 2013 - 09:49:58 EST


On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 06:13:04PM +0530, Raghavendra K T wrote:
> kvm hypervisor : Add a hypercall to KVM hypervisor to support pv-ticketlocks
>
> From: Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> kvm_hc_kick_cpu allows the calling vcpu to kick another vcpu out of halt state.
> the presence of these hypercalls is indicated to guest via
> kvm_feature_pv_unhalt.
>
> Signed-off-by: Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Suzuki Poulose <suzuki@xxxxxxxxxx>
> [Raghu: Apic related changes, folding pvunhalted into vcpu_runnable]
> Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 5 +++++
> arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h | 1 +
> arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 3 ++-
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/uapi/linux/kvm_para.h | 1 +
> 5 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> index 3741c65..95702de 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> @@ -503,6 +503,11 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
> * instruction.
> */
> bool write_fault_to_shadow_pgtable;
> +
> + /* pv related host specific info */
> + struct {
> + bool pv_unhalted;
> + } pv;
> };
>
> struct kvm_lpage_info {
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
> index 06fdbd9..94dc8ca 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm_para.h
> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
> #define KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF 4
> #define KVM_FEATURE_STEAL_TIME 5
> #define KVM_FEATURE_PV_EOI 6
> +#define KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT 7
>
> /* The last 8 bits are used to indicate how to interpret the flags field
> * in pvclock structure. If no bits are set, all flags are ignored.
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> index a20ecb5..b110fe6 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> @@ -413,7 +413,8 @@ static int do_cpuid_ent(struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *entry, u32 function,
> (1 << KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE2) |
> (1 << KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF) |
> (1 << KVM_FEATURE_PV_EOI) |
> - (1 << KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT);
> + (1 << KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT) |
> + (1 << KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT);
>
> if (sched_info_on())
> entry->eax |= (1 << KVM_FEATURE_STEAL_TIME);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 094b5d9..f8bea30 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -5449,6 +5449,36 @@ int kvm_hv_hypercall(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> return 1;
> }
>
> +/*
> + * kvm_pv_kick_cpu_op: Kick a vcpu.
> + *
> + * @apicid - apicid of vcpu to be kicked.
> + */
> +static void kvm_pv_kick_cpu_op(struct kvm *kvm, int apicid)
> +{
> + struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = NULL;
> + int i;
> +
> + kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm) {
> + if (!kvm_apic_present(vcpu))
> + continue;
> +
> + if (kvm_apic_match_dest(vcpu, 0, 0, apicid, 0))
> + break;
> + }
> + if (vcpu) {
> + /*
> + * Setting unhalt flag here can result in spurious runnable
> + * state when unhalt reset does not happen in vcpu_block.
> + * But that is harmless since that should soon result in halt.
> + */
> + vcpu->arch.pv.pv_unhalted = true;
> + /* We need everybody see unhalt before vcpu unblocks */
> + smp_wmb();
> + kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
> + }
> +}
> +
> int kvm_emulate_hypercall(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
> unsigned long nr, a0, a1, a2, a3, ret;
> @@ -5482,6 +5512,10 @@ int kvm_emulate_hypercall(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> case KVM_HC_VAPIC_POLL_IRQ:
> ret = 0;
> break;
> + case KVM_HC_KICK_CPU:
> + kvm_pv_kick_cpu_op(vcpu->kvm, a0);
Lets make it hypercall with two parameters:
a0 - flags
a1 - apic id of a cpu to kick

A0 have to be zero. This will make it more extensible.

> + ret = 0;
> + break;
> default:
> ret = -KVM_ENOSYS;
> break;
> @@ -5909,6 +5943,7 @@ static int __vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> kvm_apic_accept_events(vcpu);
> switch(vcpu->arch.mp_state) {
> case KVM_MP_STATE_HALTED:
> + vcpu->arch.pv.pv_unhalted = false;
> vcpu->arch.mp_state =
> KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE;
> case KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE:
> @@ -6729,6 +6764,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> BUG_ON(vcpu->kvm == NULL);
> kvm = vcpu->kvm;
>
> + vcpu->arch.pv.pv_unhalted = false;
> vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt.ops = &emulate_ops;
> if (!irqchip_in_kernel(kvm) || kvm_vcpu_is_bsp(vcpu))
> vcpu->arch.mp_state = KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE;
> @@ -7065,6 +7101,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> !vcpu->arch.apf.halted)
> || !list_empty_careful(&vcpu->async_pf.done)
> || kvm_apic_has_events(vcpu)
> + || vcpu->arch.pv.pv_unhalted
> || atomic_read(&vcpu->arch.nmi_queued) ||
> (kvm_arch_interrupt_allowed(vcpu) &&
> kvm_cpu_has_interrupt(vcpu));
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm_para.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm_para.h
> index cea2c5c..2841f86 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm_para.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm_para.h
> @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
> #define KVM_HC_MMU_OP 2
> #define KVM_HC_FEATURES 3
> #define KVM_HC_PPC_MAP_MAGIC_PAGE 4
> +#define KVM_HC_KICK_CPU 5
I wounder why hypercalls are not defined in architecture headers.

--
Gleb.
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