Re: [patch] KVM: add MSR based hypercall API

[Ingo Molnar <mingo-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org>]

* Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> > so i'd vote for the 64-bit natural register order: return value in 
> > rax, parameters in: rdi, rsi, rdx, rcx, r8, r9. On 32-bit that would 
> > be edi, esi, edx, ecx, ebx, ebp - the last two shuffled into 
> > VCPU_REGS_R8/R9. That's 6 parameters already - should be enough - 
> > that's what Linux has itself. Whatever else must be passed in should 
> > come pointer-passed.
> 
> Agreed, let's make it so.  When you say "pointer-passed" you mean 
> physical address passed, right? ;-)

yeah ;)

/me whistles

below is the current snapshot (ontop of tarball).

	Ingo

Index: linux/arch/i386/kernel/paravirt.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/paravirt.c
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/paravirt.c
@@ -888,29 +888,40 @@ asm (
 	"		ret				\n"
 );
 
-extern unsigned char hypercall_addr[4];
+extern unsigned char hypercall_addr[6];
 
-
-static inline int
-kvm_hypercall(void *param1, void *param2, void *param3, void *param4)
-{
-	int ret = -1;
-
-	asm (" call hypercall_addr\n"
-		: "=g" (ret)
-		: "eax" (param1),
-		  "ecx" (param2),
-		  "edx" (param3),
-		  "ebp" (param4));
-
-	return ret;
-}
+#define hypercall0(nr)				\
+({						\
+	int __ret;				\
+						\
+	asm (" call hypercall_addr\n"		\
+		: "=a" (__ret)			\
+		: "a" (nr)			\
+	);					\
+	__ret;					\
+})
+
+#define hypercall1(nr, p1)			\
+({						\
+	int __ret;				\
+						\
+	asm (" call hypercall_addr\n"		\
+		: "=a" (__ret)			\
+		: "a" (nr),			\
+		  "D" (p1)			\
+	);					\
+	__ret;					\
+})
 
 void test_hypercall(void)
 {
-	int ret = kvm_hypercall((void *)1, (void *)2, (void *)3, (void *)4);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = hypercall0(__NR_hypercall_load_cr3);
+	printk(KERN_DEBUG "hypercall test #1, ret: %d\n", ret);
 
-	printk(KERN_DEBUG "hypercall test, ret: %d\n", ret);
+	ret = hypercall1(0xbad, 0xbad);
+	printk(KERN_DEBUG "hypercall test #2, ret: %d\n", ret);
 }
 
 int kvm_guest_register_para(int cpu)
Index: linux/drivers/kvm/kvm.h
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/drivers/kvm/kvm.h
+++ linux/drivers/kvm/kvm.h
@@ -639,4 +639,6 @@ static inline u32 get_rdx_init_val(void)
 #define TSS_REDIRECTION_SIZE (256 / 8)
 #define RMODE_TSS_SIZE (TSS_BASE_SIZE + TSS_REDIRECTION_SIZE + TSS_IOPB_SIZE + 1)
 
+extern int kvm_handle_hypercall(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+
 #endif
Index: linux/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ linux/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1138,6 +1138,32 @@ int emulate_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu 
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(emulate_instruction);
 
+int hypercall_load_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long new_cr3)
+{
+	printk("not yet\n");
+
+	return -ENOSYS;
+}
+
+int kvm_handle_hypercall(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	int nr = vcpu->regs[VCPU_REGS_RAX];
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
+
+	switch (nr) {
+		case __NR_hypercall_load_cr3:
+
+		ret = hypercall_load_cr3(vcpu, vcpu->regs[VCPU_REGS_RDI]);
+		break;
+	default:
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "invalid hypercall %d\n", nr);
+	}
+	vcpu->regs[VCPU_REGS_RAX] = ret;
+
+	return 1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_handle_hypercall);
+
 static u64 mk_cr_64(u64 curr_cr, u32 new_val)
 {
 	return (curr_cr & ~((1ULL << 32) - 1)) | new_val;
Index: linux/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
+++ linux/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@ static int vmcs_setup_cr3_cache(struct k
 	cr3_target_values = (msr_val >> 16) & ((1 << 10) - 1);
 	printk(KERN_DEBUG " cr3 target values: %d\n", cr3_target_values);
 	if (cr3_target_values > KVM_CR3_CACHE_SIZE) {
-		printk(KERN_WARN "KVM: limiting cr3 cache size from %d to %d\n",
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "KVM: limiting cr3 cache size from %d to %d\n",
 			cr3_target_values, KVM_CR3_CACHE_SIZE);
 		cr3_target_values = KVM_CR3_CACHE_SIZE;
 	}
@@ -1726,16 +1726,12 @@ static int handle_halt(struct kvm_vcpu *
 static int handle_vmcall(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *kvm_run)
 {
 	kvm_run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_DEBUG;
-	printk(KERN_DEBUG "got vmcall at RIP %08lx\n", vmcs_readl(GUEST_RIP));
-	printk(KERN_DEBUG "vmcall params: %08lx, %08lx, %08lx, %08lx\n",
-		vcpu->regs[VCPU_REGS_RAX],
-		vcpu->regs[VCPU_REGS_RCX],
-		vcpu->regs[VCPU_REGS_RDX],
-		vcpu->regs[VCPU_REGS_RBP]);
-	vcpu->regs[VCPU_REGS_RAX] = 0;
+	kvm_handle_hypercall(vcpu);
 	vmcs_writel(GUEST_RIP, vmcs_readl(GUEST_RIP)+3);
+
 	return 1;
 }
+
 /*
  * The exit handlers return 1 if the exit was handled fully and guest execution
  * may resume.  Otherwise they set the kvm_run parameter to indicate what needs
Index: linux/include/linux/kvm_para.h
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/include/linux/kvm_para.h
+++ linux/include/linux/kvm_para.h
@@ -72,4 +72,19 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_para_state {
 
 #define KVM_EINVAL EINVAL
 
+/*
+ * Hypercall calling convention:
+ *
+ * RAX is the hypercall index, goes from 0 to __NR_hypercalls-1
+ *
+ * Each hypercall may have 0-6 parameters.
+ *
+ * parameters 1-6 are in the standard gcc x86_64 calling convention
+ * order: RDI, RSI, RDX, RCX, R8, R9.
+ *
+ * 32-bit parameters are: EDI, ESI, EDX, ECX, EBX, EBP
+ */
+#define __NR_hypercall_load_cr3		0
+#define __NR_hypercalls			1
+
 #endif

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