public inbox for kvm@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
To: kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] KVM: PPC: Book3s PR: Disable AIL mode with OPAL
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 12:03:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1402999438-51617-1-git-send-email-agraf@suse.de> (raw)

When we're using PR KVM we must not allow the CPU to take interrupts
in virtual mode, as the SLB does not contain host kernel mappings
when running inside the guest context.

To make sure we get good performance for non-KVM tasks but still
properly functioning PR KVM, let's just disable AIL whenever a vcpu
is scheduled in.

This is fundamentally different from how we deal with AIL on pSeries
type machines where we disable AIL for the whole machine as soon as
a single KVM VM is up.

The reason for that is easy - on pSeries we do not have control over
per-cpu configuration of AIL. We also don't want to mess with CPU hotplug
races and AIL configuration, so setting it per CPU is easier and more
flexible.

This patch fixes running PR KVM on POWER8 bare metal for me.

Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>

---

v1 -> v2:

  - Extend patch description

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
index 3da412e..8ea7da4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
@@ -71,6 +71,12 @@ static void kvmppc_core_vcpu_load_pr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
 	svcpu->in_use = 0;
 	svcpu_put(svcpu);
 #endif
+
+	/* Disable AIL if supported */
+	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_HVMODE) &&
+	    cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S))
+		mtspr(SPRN_LPCR, mfspr(SPRN_LPCR) & ~LPCR_AIL);
+
 	vcpu->cpu = smp_processor_id();
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_32
 	current->thread.kvm_shadow_vcpu = vcpu->arch.shadow_vcpu;
@@ -91,6 +97,12 @@ static void kvmppc_core_vcpu_put_pr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 	kvmppc_giveup_ext(vcpu, MSR_FP | MSR_VEC | MSR_VSX);
 	kvmppc_giveup_fac(vcpu, FSCR_TAR_LG);
+
+	/* Enable AIL if supported */
+	if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_HVMODE) &&
+	    cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S))
+		mtspr(SPRN_LPCR, mfspr(SPRN_LPCR) | LPCR_AIL_3);
+
 	vcpu->cpu = -1;
 }
 

             reply	other threads:[~2014-06-17 10:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-06-17 10:03 Alexander Graf [this message]
2014-06-17 10:15 ` [PATCH v2] KVM: PPC: Book3s PR: Disable AIL mode with OPAL Paul Mackerras

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=1402999438-51617-1-git-send-email-agraf@suse.de \
    --to=agraf@suse.de \
    --cc=kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=kvm@vger.kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox