Re: [PATCH v5 02/10] x86/mshyperv: Add support for extended Hyper-V features

Nuno Das Neves
2025-03-12T18:05:03Z

On 3/6/2025 10:30 AM, Michael Kelley wrote:
> From: Nuno Das Neves <nunodasneves@linux.microsoft.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 3:08 PM
>>
>> From: Stanislav Kinsburskii <skinsburskii@linux.microsoft.com>
>>
>> Extend the "ms_hyperv_info" structure to include a new field,
>> "ext_features", for capturing extended Hyper-V features.
>> Update the "ms_hyperv_init_platform" function to retrieve these features
>> using the cpuid instruction and include them in the informational output.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stanislav Kinsburskii <skinsburskii@linux.microsoft.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Nuno Das Neves <nunodasneves@linux.microsoft.com>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c | 6 ++++--
>> include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h | 1 +
>> 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
>> index 4f01f424ea5b..2c29dfd6de19 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
>> @@ -434,13 +434,15 @@ static void __init ms_hyperv_init_platform(void)
>> */
>> ms_hyperv.features = cpuid_eax(HYPERV_CPUID_FEATURES);
>> ms_hyperv.priv_high = cpuid_ebx(HYPERV_CPUID_FEATURES);
>> + ms_hyperv.ext_features = cpuid_ecx(HYPERV_CPUID_FEATURES);
>> ms_hyperv.misc_features = cpuid_edx(HYPERV_CPUID_FEATURES);
>> ms_hyperv.hints = cpuid_eax(HYPERV_CPUID_ENLIGHTMENT_INFO);
>>
>> hv_max_functions_eax = cpuid_eax(HYPERV_CPUID_VENDOR_AND_MAX_FUNCTIONS);
>>
>> - pr_info("Hyper-V: privilege flags low 0x%x, high 0x%x, hints 0x%x, misc 0x%x\n",
>> - ms_hyperv.features, ms_hyperv.priv_high, ms_hyperv.hints,
>> + pr_info("Hyper-V: privilege flags low 0x%x, high 0x%x, ext 0x%x, hints 0x%x, misc 0x%x\n",
>> + ms_hyperv.features, ms_hyperv.priv_high,
>> + ms_hyperv.ext_features, ms_hyperv.hints,
>> ms_hyperv.misc_features);
>>
>> ms_hyperv.max_vp_index = cpuid_eax(HYPERV_CPUID_IMPLEMENT_LIMITS);
>> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h b/include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h
>> index dc4729dba9ef..c020d5d0ec2a 100644
>> --- a/include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h
>> +++ b/include/asm-generic/mshyperv.h
>> @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ enum hv_partition_type {
>> struct ms_hyperv_info {
>> u32 features;
>> u32 priv_high;
>> + u32 ext_features;
>> u32 misc_features;
>> u32 hints;
>> u32 nested_features;
>> --
>> 2.34.1
>
> Are any of the extended features available on arm64? This code is obviously x86 specific,
> so ms_hyperv.ext_features will be zero on arm64. From what I can see, ext_features is
> referenced only in Patch 10 of this series, and in code that is under #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64,
> so that should be OK.

Just checked - yes ARM64 has features in ECX, but they are different to the x86_64 ones.
We can add the ARM64 ones when needed.

Thanks
Nuno

>
> The pr_info() line will now be slightly different on x86 and arm64 since arm64 won't have
> the "ext" field, but I think that's OK too.
>
> Reviewed-by: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@outlook.com>