From: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
To: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/23] Bug fixes and improvements for HV KVM
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 12:36:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <550C0644.9060503@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1426844400-12017-1-git-send-email-paulus@samba.org>
On 20.03.15 10:39, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> This is my current patch queue for HV KVM on PPC. This series is
> based on the "queue" branch of the KVM tree, i.e. roughly v4.0-rc3
> plus a set of recent KVM changes which don't intersect with the
> changes in this series. On top of that, in my testing I have some
> patches which are not KVM-related but are needed to boot and run a
> recent upstream kernel successfully:
>
> tick/broadcast-hrtimer : Fix suspicious RCU usage in idle loop
> tick/hotplug: Handover time related duties before cpu offline
> powerpc/powernv: Check image loaded or not before calling flash
> powerpc/powernv: Fixes for hypervisor doorbell handling
> powerpc/powernv: Fix return value from power7_nap() et al.
> powerpc: Export __spin_yield
>
> These patches have been posted by their authors and are on their way
> upstream via various trees. They are not included in this series.
>
> The first three patches are bug fixes that should go into v4.0 if
> possible. The remainder are intended for the 4.1 merge window.
>
> The patch "powerpc: Export __spin_yield" is a prerequisite for patch
> 9/23 of this series ("KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Convert ICS mutex lock to
> spin lock"). It is on its way upstream through the linuxppc-dev
> mailing list.
>
> The patch "powerpc/powernv: Fixes for hypervisor doorbell handling" is
> needed for correct operation with patch 20/23, "KVM: PPC: Book3S HV:
> Use msgsnd for signalling threads". It is also on its way upstream
> through the linuxppc-dev list. I am expecting both of these
> prerequisite patches to go into 4.0.
>
> Finally, the last patch in this series converts some of the assembly
> code in book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S into C. I intend to continue this
> trend.
Thanks, applied patches 4-11 to kvm-ppc-queue.
Alex
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Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-03-20 9:39 [PATCH 00/23] Bug fixes and improvements for HV KVM Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 01/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Fix spinlock/mutex ordering issue in kvmppc_set_lpcr() Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 02/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Endian fix for accessing VPA yield count Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 03/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Fix instruction emulation Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 04/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add fast real-mode H_RANDOM implementation Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 05/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Remove RMA-related variables from code Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 06/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add helpers for lock/unlock hpte Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 07/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S: Allow reuse of vCPU object Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 11:01 ` Alexander Graf
2015-03-20 11:26 ` Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 11:34 ` Alexander Graf
2015-03-20 15:51 ` Bharata B Rao
2015-03-21 14:58 ` Alexander Graf
2015-03-23 7:50 ` Bharata B Rao
2015-03-23 8:31 ` Alexander Graf
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 08/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add guest->host real mode completion counters Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 09/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Convert ICS mutex lock to spin lock Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 10/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Move virtual mode ICP functions to real-mode Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 11/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Add ICP real mode counters Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 12/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Create debugfs file for each guest's HPT Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 11:20 ` Alexander Graf
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 13/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Accumulate timing information for real-mode code Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 11:15 ` Alexander Graf
2015-03-20 11:25 ` Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 11:35 ` Alexander Graf
2015-03-22 22:57 ` Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 14/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Simplify handling of VCPUs that need a VPA update Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 15/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Minor cleanups Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 16/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Move vcore preemption point up into kvmppc_run_vcpu Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 17/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Get rid of vcore nap_count and n_woken Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 18/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Don't wake thread with no vcpu on guest IPI Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 19/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Use decrementer to wake napping threads Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 20/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Use msgsnd for signalling threads on POWER8 Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 11:28 ` Alexander Graf
2015-03-23 0:44 ` Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 21/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Streamline guest entry and exit Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 9:39 ` [PATCH 22/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Use bitmap of active threads rather than count Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 9:40 ` [PATCH 23/23] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Translate kvmhv_commence_exit to C Paul Mackerras
2015-03-20 10:45 ` [PATCH 00/23] Bug fixes and improvements for HV KVM Alexander Graf
2015-03-20 11:36 ` Alexander Graf [this message]
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