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* [PATCH] KMV: VMX: consult IA32_VMX_EPT_VPID_CAP to determine EPT paging-structure memory type
@ 2010-03-22  9:06 Gui Jianfeng
  2010-03-22  9:13 ` Sheng Yang
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Gui Jianfeng @ 2010-03-22  9:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Avi Kivity; +Cc: sheng, mtosatti, kvm

According to SDM, we need to configure EPT paging-structure memory type
by consulting IA32_VMX_EPT_VPID_CAP.

Signed-off-by: Gui Jianfeng <guijianfeng@cn.fujitsu.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h |    2 ++
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c         |   12 +++++++++---
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
index fb9a080..1b33a60 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
@@ -374,6 +374,8 @@ enum vmcs_field {
 #define VMX_EPT_MT_EPTE_SHIFT			3
 #define VMX_EPT_GAW_EPTP_SHIFT			3
 #define VMX_EPT_DEFAULT_MT			0x6ull
+#define VMX_EPT_MT_WRBACK			0x6ull
+#define VMX_EPT_MT_UNCACHABLE			0x0ull
 #define VMX_EPT_READABLE_MASK			0x1ull
 #define VMX_EPT_WRITABLE_MASK			0x2ull
 #define VMX_EPT_EXECUTABLE_MASK			0x4ull
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 06108f3..f971b9b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -1804,9 +1804,15 @@ static u64 construct_eptp(unsigned long root_hpa)
 {
 	u64 eptp;
 
-	/* TODO write the value reading from MSR */
-	eptp = VMX_EPT_DEFAULT_MT |
-		VMX_EPT_DEFAULT_GAW << VMX_EPT_GAW_EPTP_SHIFT;
+	if (cpu_has_vmx_eptp_writeback())
+		eptp = VMX_EPT_MT_WRBACK |
+			VMX_EPT_DEFAULT_GAW << VMX_EPT_GAW_EPTP_SHIFT;
+	else if (cpu_has_vmx_eptp_uncacheable())
+		eptp = VMX_EPT_MT_UNCACHABLE |
+			VMX_EPT_DEFAULT_GAW << VMX_EPT_GAW_EPTP_SHIFT;
+	else
+		BUG();
+
 	eptp |= (root_hpa & PAGE_MASK);
 
 	return eptp;
-- 
1.6.5.2





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* Re: [PATCH] KMV: VMX: consult IA32_VMX_EPT_VPID_CAP to determine EPT paging-structure memory type
  2010-03-22  9:06 [PATCH] KMV: VMX: consult IA32_VMX_EPT_VPID_CAP to determine EPT paging-structure memory type Gui Jianfeng
@ 2010-03-22  9:13 ` Sheng Yang
  2010-03-23 10:19   ` Avi Kivity
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Sheng Yang @ 2010-03-22  9:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Gui Jianfeng; +Cc: Avi Kivity, mtosatti, kvm

On Monday 22 March 2010 17:06:42 Gui Jianfeng wrote:
> According to SDM, we need to configure EPT paging-structure memory type
> by consulting IA32_VMX_EPT_VPID_CAP.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Gui Jianfeng <guijianfeng@cn.fujitsu.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h |    2 ++
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c         |   12 +++++++++---
>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
> index fb9a080..1b33a60 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
> @@ -374,6 +374,8 @@ enum vmcs_field {
>  #define VMX_EPT_MT_EPTE_SHIFT			3
>  #define VMX_EPT_GAW_EPTP_SHIFT			3
>  #define VMX_EPT_DEFAULT_MT			0x6ull
> +#define VMX_EPT_MT_WRBACK			0x6ull
> +#define VMX_EPT_MT_UNCACHABLE			0x0ull
>  #define VMX_EPT_READABLE_MASK			0x1ull
>  #define VMX_EPT_WRITABLE_MASK			0x2ull
>  #define VMX_EPT_EXECUTABLE_MASK			0x4ull
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> index 06108f3..f971b9b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -1804,9 +1804,15 @@ static u64 construct_eptp(unsigned long root_hpa)
>  {
>  	u64 eptp;
> 
> -	/* TODO write the value reading from MSR */
> -	eptp = VMX_EPT_DEFAULT_MT |
> -		VMX_EPT_DEFAULT_GAW << VMX_EPT_GAW_EPTP_SHIFT;
> +	if (cpu_has_vmx_eptp_writeback())
> +		eptp = VMX_EPT_MT_WRBACK |
> +			VMX_EPT_DEFAULT_GAW << VMX_EPT_GAW_EPTP_SHIFT;

I prefer to ensure WB is supported and used as default. Otherwise it would be 
a big trouble for memory subsystem(to use UC for all memory). Both WB and UC 
EPT memory types are ensured to be support in hardware.

And you can remove VMX_EPT_DEFAULT_MT as well.

-- 
regards
Yang, Sheng

> +	else if (cpu_has_vmx_eptp_uncacheable())
> +		eptp = VMX_EPT_MT_UNCACHABLE |
> +			VMX_EPT_DEFAULT_GAW << VMX_EPT_GAW_EPTP_SHIFT;
> +	else
> +		BUG();
> +
>  	eptp |= (root_hpa & PAGE_MASK);
> 
>  	return eptp;
> 

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* Re: [PATCH] KMV: VMX: consult IA32_VMX_EPT_VPID_CAP to determine EPT paging-structure memory type
  2010-03-22  9:13 ` Sheng Yang
@ 2010-03-23 10:19   ` Avi Kivity
  2010-03-26  1:39     ` Gui Jianfeng
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Avi Kivity @ 2010-03-23 10:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Sheng Yang; +Cc: Gui Jianfeng, mtosatti, kvm

On 03/22/2010 11:13 AM, Sheng Yang wrote:
>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> index 06108f3..f971b9b 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> @@ -1804,9 +1804,15 @@ static u64 construct_eptp(unsigned long root_hpa)
>>   {
>>   	u64 eptp;
>>
>> -	/* TODO write the value reading from MSR */
>> -	eptp = VMX_EPT_DEFAULT_MT |
>> -		VMX_EPT_DEFAULT_GAW<<  VMX_EPT_GAW_EPTP_SHIFT;
>> +	if (cpu_has_vmx_eptp_writeback())
>> +		eptp = VMX_EPT_MT_WRBACK |
>> +			VMX_EPT_DEFAULT_GAW<<  VMX_EPT_GAW_EPTP_SHIFT;
>>      
> I prefer to ensure WB is supported and used as default. Otherwise it would be
> a big trouble for memory subsystem(to use UC for all memory). Both WB and UC
> EPT memory types are ensured to be support in hardware.
>
> And you can remove VMX_EPT_DEFAULT_MT as well.
>    

I agree, hopefully we never ever see a cpu that doesn't support EPT WB.

-- 
error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function


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* Re: [PATCH] KMV: VMX: consult IA32_VMX_EPT_VPID_CAP to determine EPT paging-structure memory type
  2010-03-23 10:19   ` Avi Kivity
@ 2010-03-26  1:39     ` Gui Jianfeng
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Gui Jianfeng @ 2010-03-26  1:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Avi Kivity; +Cc: Sheng Yang, mtosatti, kvm

Avi Kivity wrote:
> On 03/22/2010 11:13 AM, Sheng Yang wrote:
>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>>> index 06108f3..f971b9b 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>>> @@ -1804,9 +1804,15 @@ static u64 construct_eptp(unsigned long root_hpa)
>>>   {
>>>       u64 eptp;
>>>
>>> -    /* TODO write the value reading from MSR */
>>> -    eptp = VMX_EPT_DEFAULT_MT |
>>> -        VMX_EPT_DEFAULT_GAW<<  VMX_EPT_GAW_EPTP_SHIFT;
>>> +    if (cpu_has_vmx_eptp_writeback())
>>> +        eptp = VMX_EPT_MT_WRBACK |
>>> +            VMX_EPT_DEFAULT_GAW<<  VMX_EPT_GAW_EPTP_SHIFT;
>>>      
>> I prefer to ensure WB is supported and used as default. Otherwise it
>> would be
>> a big trouble for memory subsystem(to use UC for all memory). Both WB
>> and UC
>> EPT memory types are ensured to be support in hardware.
>>
>> And you can remove VMX_EPT_DEFAULT_MT as well.
>>    
> 
> I agree, hopefully we never ever see a cpu that doesn't support EPT WB.

OK, seems we don't need to have this concern. :)

> 


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