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From: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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Cc: Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
	Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
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Subject: [PATCH RFC V4 5/5] Documentation/kvm : Add documentation on Hypercalls and features used for PV spinlock
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:57:11 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120114182710.8604.22277.sendpatchset@oc5400248562.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120114182501.8604.68416.sendpatchset@oc5400248562.ibm.com>

Add Documentation on CPUID, KVM_CAP_PVLOCK_KICK, and Hypercalls supported.

KVM_HC_KICK_CPU  hypercall added to wakeup halted vcpu in
paravirtual spinlock enabled guest.

KVM_FEATURE_PVLOCK_KICK enables guest to check whether pv spinlock can
be enabled in guest. support in host is queried via
ioctl(KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, KVM_CAP_PVLOCK_KICK)

A minimal Documentation and template is added for hypercalls.

Signed-off-by: Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Srivatsa Vaddagiri <vatsa@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index e2a4b52..1583bc7 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -1109,6 +1109,13 @@ support.  Instead it is reported via
 if that returns true and you use KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP, or if you emulate the
 feature in userspace, then you can enable the feature for KVM_SET_CPUID2.
 
+Paravirtualized ticket spinlocks can be enabled in guest by checking whether
+support exists in host via,
+
+  ioctl(KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION, KVM_CAP_PVLOCK_KICK)
+
+if this call return true, guest can use the feature.
+
 4.47 KVM_PPC_GET_PVINFO
 
 Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_GET_PVINFO
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
index 8820685..c7fc0da 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE2           ||     3 || kvmclock available at msrs
 KVM_FEATURE_ASYNC_PF               ||     4 || async pf can be enabled by
                                    ||       || writing to msr 0x4b564d02
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+KVM_FEATURE_PVLOCK_KICK            ||     6 || guest checks this feature bit
+                                   ||       || before enabling paravirtualized
+                                   ||       || spinlock support.
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT ||    24 || host will warn if no guest-side
                                    ||       || per-cpu warps are expected in
                                    ||       || kvmclock.
diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7872da5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/hypercalls.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+KVM Hypercalls Documentation
+===========================
+Template for documentation is
+The documenenation for hypercalls should inlcude
+1. Hypercall name, value.
+2. Architecture(s)
+3. Purpose
+
+
+1. KVM_HC_VAPIC_POLL_IRQ
+------------------------
+value: 1
+Architecture: x86
+Purpose:
+
+2. KVM_HC_MMU_OP
+------------------------
+value: 2
+Architecture: x86
+Purpose: Support MMU operations such as writing to PTE,
+flushing TLB, release PT.
+
+3. KVM_HC_FEATURES
+------------------------
+value: 3
+Architecture: PPC
+Purpose:
+
+4. KVM_HC_PPC_MAP_MAGIC_PAGE
+------------------------
+value: 4
+Architecture: PPC
+Purpose: To enable communication between the hypervisor and guest there is a
+new shared page that contains parts of supervisor visible register state.
+The guest can map this shared page using this hypercall.
+
+5. KVM_HC_KICK_CPU
+------------------------
+value: 5
+Architecture: x86
+Purpose: Hypercall used to wakeup a vcpu from HLT state
+
+Usage example : A vcpu of a paravirtualized guest that is busywaiting in guest
+kernel mode for an event to occur (ex: a spinlock to become available)
+can execute HLT instruction once it has busy-waited for more than a
+threshold time-interval. Execution of HLT instruction would cause
+the hypervisor to put the vcpu to sleep (unless yield_on_hlt=0) until occurence
+of an appropriate event. Another vcpu of the same guest can wakeup the sleeping
+vcpu by issuing KVM_HC_KICK_CPU hypercall, specifying APIC ID of the vcpu to be
+wokenup.
+
+TODO:
+1. more information on input and output needed?
+2. Add more detail to purpose of hypercalls.


      parent reply	other threads:[~2012-01-14 18:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-01-14 18:25 [PATCH RFC V4 0/5] kvm : Paravirt-spinlock support for KVM guests Raghavendra K T
2012-01-14 18:25 ` [PATCH RFC V4 1/5] debugfs: Add support to print u32 array in debugfs Raghavendra K T
2012-01-14 18:25 ` [PATCH RFC V4 2/5] kvm hypervisor : Add a hypercall to KVM hypervisor to support pv-ticketlocks Raghavendra K T
2012-01-14 18:26 ` [PATCH RFC V4 3/5] kvm guest : Added configuration support to enable debug information for KVM Guests Raghavendra K T
2012-01-14 18:26 ` [PATCH RFC V4 4/5] kvm : pv-ticketlocks support for linux guests running on KVM hypervisor Raghavendra K T
2012-01-14 18:27 ` Raghavendra K T [this message]

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