From: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
To: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@linaro.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/23] arm64: Virtualization Host Extension support
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2016 08:56:00 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56B463A0.7010801@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160204192641.GJ13974@cbox>
On 04/02/16 19:26, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 03, 2016 at 05:59:53PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> ARMv8.1 comes with the "Virtualization Host Extension" (VHE for
>> short), which enables simpler support of Type-2 hypervisors.
>>
>> This extension allows the kernel to directly run at EL2, and
>> significantly reduces the number of system registers shared between
>> host and guest, reducing the overhead of virtualization.
>>
>> In order to have the same kernel binary running on all versions of the
>> architecture, this series makes heavy use of runtime code patching.
>>
>> The first 22 patches massage the KVM code to deal with VHE and enable
>> Linux to run at EL2. The last patch catches an ugly case when VHE
>> capable CPUs are paired with some of their less capable siblings. This
>> should never happen, but hey...
>>
>> I have deliberately left out some of the more "advanced"
>> optimizations, as they are likely to distract the reviewer from the
>> core infrastructure, which is what I care about at the moment.
>>
>> Note: GDB is currently busted on VHE systems, as it checks for version
>> 6 on the debug architecture, while VHE is version 7. The
>> binutils people are on the case.
>>
>> This has been tested on the FVP_Base_SLV-V8-A model, and based on
>> v4.5-rc2. I've put a branch out on:
>>
>> git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/maz/arm-platforms.git kvm-arm64/vhe
>>
>
> You can have my reviewed-by on all patches that I didn't already review
> or ack explicitly.
Thanks for the review, much appreciated.
> Only exception is the debug stuff where I didn't manage to page in the
> context, so hopefully familiar with that code can have a look.
I think this will have to be Mr Deacon.
Thanks again,
M.
--
Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny...
prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-05 8:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-03 17:59 [PATCH v3 00/23] arm64: Virtualization Host Extension support Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 17:59 ` [PATCH v3 01/23] arm/arm64: KVM: Add hook for C-based stage2 init Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 17:59 ` [PATCH v3 02/23] arm64: KVM: Switch to " Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 17:59 ` [PATCH v3 03/23] arm/arm64: Add new is_kernel_in_hyp_mode predicate Marc Zyngier
2016-02-08 14:41 ` Catalin Marinas
2016-02-03 17:59 ` [PATCH v3 04/23] arm64: Allow the arch timer to use the HYP timer Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 17:59 ` [PATCH v3 05/23] arm64: Add ARM64_HAS_VIRT_HOST_EXTN feature Marc Zyngier
2016-02-08 14:42 ` Catalin Marinas
2016-02-03 17:59 ` [PATCH v3 06/23] arm64: KVM: Skip HYP setup when already running in HYP Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 07/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Patch out use of HVC Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 08/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Patch out kern_hyp_va Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 09/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Introduce unified system register accessors Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 10/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Differenciate host/guest sysreg save/restore Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 11/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Split save/restore of registers shared between guest and host Marc Zyngier
2016-02-04 19:15 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 12/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Use unified system register accessors Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 13/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Enable minimal sysreg save/restore Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 14/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Make __fpsimd_enabled VHE aware Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 15/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Implement VHE activate/deactivate_traps Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 16/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Use unified sysreg accessors for timer Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 17/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Add fpsimd enabling on guest access Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 18/23] arm64: KVM: VHE: Add alternative panic handling Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 19/23] arm64: KVM: Move most of the fault decoding to C Marc Zyngier
2016-02-04 19:20 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-08 14:44 ` Catalin Marinas
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 20/23] arm64: perf: Count EL2 events if the kernel is running in HYP Marc Zyngier
2016-02-04 19:23 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-05 9:02 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-02-08 14:48 ` Catalin Marinas
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 21/23] arm64: hw_breakpoint: Allow EL2 breakpoints if " Marc Zyngier
2016-02-08 15:56 ` Catalin Marinas
2016-02-08 16:45 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-02-08 16:52 ` Catalin Marinas
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 22/23] arm64: VHE: Add support for running Linux in EL2 mode Marc Zyngier
2016-02-04 19:25 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-08 15:58 ` Catalin Marinas
2016-02-03 18:00 ` [PATCH v3 23/23] arm64: Panic when VHE and non VHE CPUs coexist Marc Zyngier
2016-02-04 19:25 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-08 16:04 ` Catalin Marinas
2016-02-08 16:24 ` Mark Rutland
2016-02-09 12:02 ` Catalin Marinas
2016-02-04 19:26 ` [PATCH v3 00/23] arm64: Virtualization Host Extension support Christoffer Dall
2016-02-05 8:56 ` Marc Zyngier [this message]
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