On 9/5/2025 12:03 PM, Anirudh Rayabharam wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 05:43:48PM -0700, Nuno Das Neves wrote:
>> From: Purna Pavan Chandra Aekkaladevi <[email protected]>
>>
>> Some newer hypervisor APIs are gated by feature bits in the so-called
>> "vmm capabilities" partition property. Store the capabilities on
>> mshv_root module init, using HVCALL_GET_PARTITION_PROPERTY_EX.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Purna Pavan Chandra Aekkaladevi 
>> <[email protected]>
>> Signed-off-by: Nuno Das Neves <[email protected]>
>> ---
>>  drivers/hv/mshv_root.h      |  1 +
>>  drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 29 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/hv/mshv_root.h b/drivers/hv/mshv_root.h
>> index 4aeb03bea6b6..0cb1e2589fe1 100644
>> --- a/drivers/hv/mshv_root.h
>> +++ b/drivers/hv/mshv_root.h
>> @@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ struct mshv_root {
>>      struct hv_synic_pages __percpu *synic_pages;
>>      spinlock_t pt_ht_lock;
>>      DECLARE_HASHTABLE(pt_htable, MSHV_PARTITIONS_HASH_BITS);
>> +    struct hv_partition_property_vmm_capabilities vmm_caps;
>>  };
>>  
>>  /*
>> diff --git a/drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c b/drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c
>> index 56ababab57ce..29f61ecc9771 100644
>> --- a/drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c
>> +++ b/drivers/hv/mshv_root_main.c
>> @@ -2327,6 +2327,28 @@ static int __init mshv_root_partition_init(struct 
>> device *dev)
>>      return err;
>>  }
>>  
>> +static int mshv_init_vmm_caps(struct device *dev)
>> +{
>> +    int ret;
>> +
>> +    memset(&mshv_root.vmm_caps, 0, sizeof(mshv_root.vmm_caps));
>> +    ret = hv_call_get_partition_property_ex(HV_PARTITION_ID_SELF,
>> +                                            
>> HV_PARTITION_PROPERTY_VMM_CAPABILITIES,
>> +                                            0, &mshv_root.vmm_caps,
>> +                                            sizeof(mshv_root.vmm_caps));
>> +
>> +    /*
>> +     * HV_PARTITION_PROPERTY_VMM_CAPABILITIES is not supported in
>> +     * older hyperv. Ignore the -EIO error code.
>> +     */
>> +    if (ret && ret != -EIO)
>> +            return ret;
>> +
>> +    dev_dbg(dev, "vmm_caps=0x%llx\n", mshv_root.vmm_caps.as_uint64[0]);
>> +
>> +    return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>>  static int __init mshv_parent_partition_init(void)
>>  {
>>      int ret;
>> @@ -2377,6 +2399,12 @@ static int __init mshv_parent_partition_init(void)
>>      if (ret)
>>              goto remove_cpu_state;
>>  
>> +    ret = mshv_init_vmm_caps(dev);
>> +    if (ret) {
>> +            dev_err(dev, "Failed to get VMM capabilities\n");
>> +            goto exit_partition;
> 
> Should this really be treated as a failure here? We could still offer
> /dev/mshv albeit with potentially limited capabilities.
> 

I agree. It can continue with vmm_caps set to zero, and print an error.

The check for -EIO is meant to achieve something similar but it's kind of
unreliable since so many HV_STATUS's map to EIO. So this idea is better,
thanks.

Nuno

> Thanks,
> Anirudh.
> 
>> +    }
>> +
>>      ret = mshv_irqfd_wq_init();
>>      if (ret)
>>              goto exit_partition;
>> -- 
>> 2.34.1
>>


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