[PATCH 0/4][RFC] kvmppc: paravirtualization interface - guest part v2
ehrhardt at linux.vnet.ibm.com
ehrhardt at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Tue Aug 19 20:36:40 EST 2008
From: Christian Ehrhardt <ehrhardt at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
This patch series implements a paravirtualization interface using:
- the device tree mechanism to pass hypervisor informations to the guest
- hypercalls for guest->host calls
- an example exploiter of that interface (magic page)
Version 2 includes changes to the feedback of my last submission and is now
tested against the implemented and working host part. The host part discussion
can be found on kvm-ppc at vger.kernel.org.
The used hypercall ABI was already discussed on the embedded-hypervisor mailing
list and is available at http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki/PowerPC_Hypercall_ABI
The device tree format used here (=base for the discussions on
embedded-hypervisor) is the following.
- A node "hypervisor" to show the general availability of some hypervisor data
- flags for features like the example "feature,pv-magicpage"
setting 1 = available, everything else = unavailable
- Some features might need to pass more data and can use an entry in the
device tree like the example of "data,pv-magicpage-size"
I hope that eventually this guest patch series (that is modifying the boot
process and adding e.g. new ppc fixmaps could go upstream (when discussed
and agreed somewhen) via linuxppc-dev, while the kvm host part will go via
kvm (Avi Kivity).
[patches in series]
[PATCH 1/4] kvmppc: read device tree hypervisor node infrastructure
[PATCH 2/4] kvmppc: add hypercall infrastructure - guest part
[PATCH 3/4] kvmppc: magic page paravirtualization - guest part
[PATCH 4/4] kvmppc: convert wrteei to wrtee as kvm guest optimization
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[diffstat]
arch/powerpc/kernel/kvm.c | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile | 2 +
b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kvm.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++
b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c | 3 +
b/arch/powerpc/platforms/44x/Kconfig | 7 ++++
b/include/asm-powerpc/fixmap.h | 10 +++++
b/include/asm-powerpc/hw_irq.h | 12 +++++++
b/include/asm-powerpc/kvm_para.h | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
b/mm/page_alloc.c | 1
include/asm-powerpc/kvm_para.h | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
10 files changed, 214 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
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