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From: marc.zyngier@arm.com (Marc Zyngier)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 01/10] ARM: KVM: Keep track of currently running vcpus
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:02:48 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <13e04ac2694ba74a724c2c7a59344d2f@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <001401cd972e$f18cd1c0$d4a67540$@samsung.com>

On Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:53:33 +0900, Min-gyu Kim <mingyu84.kim@samsung.com>
wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: kvm-owner at vger.kernel.org [mailto:kvm-owner at vger.kernel.org] On
>> Behalf Of Christoffer Dall
>> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 12:37 AM
>> To: kvm at vger.kernel.org; linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org;
>> kvmarm at lists.cs.columbia.edu
>> Subject: [PATCH 01/10] ARM: KVM: Keep track of currently running vcpus
>> 
>> From: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com>
>> 
>> When an interrupt occurs for the guest, it is sometimes necessary to
find
>> out which vcpu was running at that point.
>> 
>> Keep track of which vcpu is being tun in kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(), and
>> allow the data to be retrived using either:
>> - kvm_arm_get_running_vcpu(): returns the vcpu running at this point
>>   on the current CPU. Can only be used in a non-preemptable context.
> 
> What's the purpose of kvm_arm_get_running_vcpu?
> It seems to be enough to pass vcpu struct through function argument, 
> and there is no caller by now.

This is also designed to be used in an interrupt handler, and is used by
the (currently out of tree) perf code:
https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/pipermail/kvmarm/2012-September/003192.html

Basically, you need this infrastructure when handling interrupts.

        M.
-- 
Fast, cheap, reliable. Pick two.

      reply	other threads:[~2012-09-20 14:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-09-15 15:36 [PATCH 01/10] ARM: KVM: Keep track of currently running vcpus Christoffer Dall
2012-09-15 15:37 ` [PATCH 02/10] ARM: KVM: Initial VGIC infrastructure support Christoffer Dall
2012-09-15 15:37 ` [PATCH 03/10] ARM: KVM: Initial VGIC MMIO support code Christoffer Dall
2012-09-15 15:37 ` [PATCH 04/10] ARM: KVM: VGIC distributor handling Christoffer Dall
2012-09-15 15:37 ` [PATCH 05/10] ARM: KVM: VGIC virtual CPU interface management Christoffer Dall
2012-09-15 15:37 ` [PATCH 06/10] ARM: KVM: VGIC interrupt injection Christoffer Dall
2012-09-15 15:38 ` [PATCH 07/10] ARM: KVM: VGIC control interface world switch Christoffer Dall
2012-09-15 15:38 ` [PATCH 08/10] ARM: KVM: VGIC initialisation code Christoffer Dall
2012-09-15 15:38 ` [PATCH 09/10] ARM: KVM: vgic: reduce the number of vcpu kick Christoffer Dall
2012-09-15 15:38 ` [PATCH 10/10] ARM: KVM: Add VGIC configuration option Christoffer Dall
2012-09-20 12:53 ` [PATCH 01/10] ARM: KVM: Keep track of currently running vcpus Min-gyu Kim
2012-09-20 14:02   ` Marc Zyngier [this message]

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