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From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: agraf@suse.de, benh@kernel.crashing.org,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 07/10] KVM: PPC: BOOK3S: PR: Emulate facility status and control register
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:40:05 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ob2sjsqi.fsf@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140130060000.GB10611@iris.ozlabs.ibm.com>

Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> writes:

> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:14:12PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
>> We allow priv-mode update of this. The guest value is saved in fscr,
>> and the value actually used is saved in shadow_fscr. shadow_fscr
>> only contains values that are allowed by the host. On
>> facility unavailable interrupt, if the facility is allowed by fscr
>> but disabled in shadow_fscr we need to emulate the support. Currently
>> all but EBB is disabled. We still don't support performance monitoring
>> in PR guest.
>
> ...
>
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Save the current fscr in shadow fscr
>> +	 */
>> +	mfspr r3,SPRN_FSCR
>> +	PPC_STL r3, VCPU_SHADOW_FSCR(r7)
>
> I don't think you need to do this.  What could possibly have changed
> FSCR since we loaded it on the way into the guest?

The reason for facility unavailable interrupt is encoded in FSCR right ?

-aneesh


WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, agraf@suse.de,
	kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 07/10] KVM: PPC: BOOK3S: PR: Emulate facility status and control register
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:58:05 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ob2sjsqi.fsf@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140130060000.GB10611@iris.ozlabs.ibm.com>

Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> writes:

> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:14:12PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
>> We allow priv-mode update of this. The guest value is saved in fscr,
>> and the value actually used is saved in shadow_fscr. shadow_fscr
>> only contains values that are allowed by the host. On
>> facility unavailable interrupt, if the facility is allowed by fscr
>> but disabled in shadow_fscr we need to emulate the support. Currently
>> all but EBB is disabled. We still don't support performance monitoring
>> in PR guest.
>
> ...
>
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Save the current fscr in shadow fscr
>> +	 */
>> +	mfspr r3,SPRN_FSCR
>> +	PPC_STL r3, VCPU_SHADOW_FSCR(r7)
>
> I don't think you need to do this.  What could possibly have changed
> FSCR since we loaded it on the way into the guest?

The reason for facility unavailable interrupt is encoded in FSCR right ?

-aneesh

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: agraf@suse.de, benh@kernel.crashing.org,
	linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 07/10] KVM: PPC: BOOK3S: PR: Emulate facility status and control register
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 16:58:05 +0530	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87ob2sjsqi.fsf@linux.vnet.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20140130060000.GB10611@iris.ozlabs.ibm.com>

Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> writes:

> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:14:12PM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
>> We allow priv-mode update of this. The guest value is saved in fscr,
>> and the value actually used is saved in shadow_fscr. shadow_fscr
>> only contains values that are allowed by the host. On
>> facility unavailable interrupt, if the facility is allowed by fscr
>> but disabled in shadow_fscr we need to emulate the support. Currently
>> all but EBB is disabled. We still don't support performance monitoring
>> in PR guest.
>
> ...
>
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Save the current fscr in shadow fscr
>> +	 */
>> +	mfspr r3,SPRN_FSCR
>> +	PPC_STL r3, VCPU_SHADOW_FSCR(r7)
>
> I don't think you need to do this.  What could possibly have changed
> FSCR since we loaded it on the way into the guest?

The reason for facility unavailable interrupt is encoded in FSCR right ?

-aneesh


  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-01-31 11:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 99+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-01-28 16:44 [RFC PATCH 01/10] KVM: PPC: BOOK3S: PR: Add POWER8 support Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:56 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:44 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:44 ` [RFC PATCH 01/10] KVM: PPC: BOOK3S: PR: Fix PURR and SPURR emulation Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:56   ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:44   ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-29 16:32   ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-29 16:32     ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-29 16:32     ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-31 10:38     ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-31 10:50       ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-31 10:38       ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-31 10:47       ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-31 10:47         ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-31 10:47         ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-31 22:17         ` Paul Mackerras
2014-01-31 22:17           ` Paul Mackerras
2014-01-31 22:17           ` Paul Mackerras
2014-02-05  9:15           ` Alexander Graf
2014-02-05  9:15             ` Alexander Graf
2014-02-05  9:15             ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-28 16:44 ` [RFC PATCH 02/10] KVM: PPC: BOOK3S: PR: Emulate virtual timebase register Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:56   ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:44   ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-29 16:39   ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-29 16:39     ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-29 16:39     ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-29 22:54     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2014-01-29 22:54       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2014-01-29 22:54       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2014-01-30  0:35       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2014-01-30  0:35         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2014-01-30  0:35         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2014-01-30  5:49   ` Paul Mackerras
2014-01-30  5:49     ` Paul Mackerras
2014-01-30  5:49     ` Paul Mackerras
2014-01-30 10:04     ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-30 10:04       ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-30 10:04       ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-31 10:57     ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-31 10:57       ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-31 10:57       ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:44 ` [RFC PATCH 03/10] KVM: PPC: BOOK3S: PR: Emulate instruction counter Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:56   ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:44   ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-29 16:40   ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-29 16:40     ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-29 16:40     ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-31 11:25     ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-31 11:37       ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-31 11:25       ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-31 11:28       ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-31 11:28         ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-31 11:28         ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-28 16:44 ` [RFC PATCH 04/10] KVM: PPC: BOOK3S: PR: Emulate Thread identification register Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:56   ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:44   ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:44 ` [RFC PATCH 05/10] KVM: PPC: BOOK3S: PR: Doorbell support Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:56   ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:44   ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:44 ` [RFC PATCH 06/10] KVM: PPC: BOOK3S: PR: Emulate DPDES register Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:56   ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:44   ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:44 ` [RFC PATCH 07/10] KVM: PPC: BOOK3S: PR: Emulate facility status and control register Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:56   ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:44   ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-29 17:11   ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-29 17:11     ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-29 17:11     ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-30  6:00   ` Paul Mackerras
2014-01-30  6:00     ` Paul Mackerras
2014-01-30  6:00     ` Paul Mackerras
2014-01-30 10:02     ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-30 10:02       ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-30 10:02       ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-31 11:28     ` Aneesh Kumar K.V [this message]
2014-01-31 11:40       ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-31 11:28       ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:44 ` [RFC PATCH 08/10] KVM: PPC: BOOK3S: PR: Add support for facility unavailable interrupt Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:56   ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:44   ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-29 17:35   ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-29 17:35     ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-29 17:35     ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-31 11:40     ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-31 11:52       ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-31 11:40       ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-31 12:02       ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-31 12:02         ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-31 12:02         ` Alexander Graf
2014-01-28 16:44 ` [RFC PATCH 09/10] KVM: PPC: BOOK3S: PR: Ignore write to monitor mode control register Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:56   ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:44   ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:44 ` [RFC PATCH 10/10] PPC: BOOK3S: Disable/Enable TM looking at the ibm, pa-features device tree entry Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:56   ` [RFC PATCH 10/10] PPC: BOOK3S: Disable/Enable TM looking at the ibm,pa-features " Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-28 16:44   ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2014-01-29 17:37   ` [RFC PATCH 10/10] PPC: BOOK3S: Disable/Enable TM looking at the ibm,pa-features device tree entr Alexander Graf
2014-01-29 17:37     ` [RFC PATCH 10/10] PPC: BOOK3S: Disable/Enable TM looking at the ibm,pa-features device tree entry Alexander Graf
2014-01-29 17:37     ` Alexander Graf

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