( Please use c...@kaod.org. I hardly use c...@fr.ibm.com.)
On 3/15/20 11:37 PM, Ram Pai wrote:
> XIVE interrupt controller maintains a Event-Queue(EQ) page. This page is
> used to communicate events with the Hypervisor/Qemu.
Here is an alternative for the above :
XIVE interrupt controller use an Event Queue (EQ) to enqueue event
notifications when an exception occurs. The EQ is a single memory page
provided by the O/S defining a circular buffer, one per server and
priority couple.
On baremetal, the EQ page is configured with an OPAL call. On pseries,
an extra hop is necessary and the guest OS uses the hcall
H_INT_SET_QUEUE_CONFIG to configure the XIVE interrupt controller.
> In Secure-VM, unless a page is shared with the Hypervisor,
> the Hypervisor will not be able to read/write to that page.
This is a bit confusing to me as no software is involved when delivering
the interrupt to the guest. When you are referring to the "Hypervisor",
is it software and hardware ?
If so, I would say:
The XIVE controller being Hypervisor privileged, it will not be
allowed to enqueue event notifications for a Secure VM unless
the EQ pages are in the shared page pool.
> Explicitly share the EQ page with the Hypervisor, and unshare it
> during cleanup. This enables SVM to use XIVE.
yes but KVM also needs support for the TIMA and ESB page fault handlers.
> (NOTE: If the Hypervisor/Ultravisor is unable to target interrupts
> directly to Secure VM, use "kernel_irqchip=off" on the qemu command
> line).
So, I would say here :
Hypervisor/Ultravisor still requires support for the TIMA and ESB page
fault handlers. Until this is complete, QEMU can use the emulated XIVE
device for Secure VMs, option "kernel_irqchip=off" on the QEMU pseries
machine.
The rest looks good to me.
Thanks,
C.
> Cc: kvm-...@vger.kernel.org
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
> Cc: Michael Ellerman
> Cc: Thiago Jung Bauermann
> Cc: Michael Anderson
> Cc: Sukadev Bhattiprolu
> Cc: Alexey Kardashevskiy
> Cc: Paul Mackerras
> Cc: Greg Kurz
> Cc: Cedric Le Goater
> Cc: David Gibson
> Signed-off-by: Ram Pai
> ---
> arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/spapr.c | 7 +++
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/spapr.c
> b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/spapr.c
> index 55dc61c..608b52f 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/spapr.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/xive/spapr.c
> @@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
> #include
> #include
> #include
> +#include
> +#include
>
> #include "xive-internal.h"
>
> @@ -501,6 +503,9 @@ static int xive_spapr_configure_queue(u32 target, struct
> xive_q *q, u8 prio,
> rc = -EIO;
> } else {
> q->qpage = qpage;
> + if (is_secure_guest())
> + uv_share_page(PHYS_PFN(qpage_phys),
> + 1 << xive_alloc_order(order));
> }
> fail:
> return rc;
> @@ -534,6 +539,8 @@ static void xive_spapr_cleanup_queue(unsigned int cpu,
> struct xive_cpu *xc,
> hw_cpu, prio);
>
> alloc_order = xive_alloc_order(xive_queue_shift);
> + if (is_secure_guest())
> + uv_unshare_page(PHYS_PFN(__pa(q->qpage)), 1 << alloc_order);
> free_pages((unsigned long)q->qpage, alloc_order);
> q->qpage = NULL;
> }
>
