[PATCH v3 4/8] KVM: kvm-vfio: User API for IRQ forwarding

Eric Auger
2014-12-01T14:46:18Z

On 11/30/2014 01:53 PM, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 07:35:56PM +0100, Eric Auger wrote:
>> This patch adds and document a new KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE group
>
> documents
OK
>
>> and 2 device attributes: KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_FORWARD_IRQ,
>> KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_UNFORWARD_IRQ. The purpose is to be able
>> to set a VFIO device IRQ as forwarded or not forwarded.
>> the command takes as argument a handle to a new struct named
>> kvm_arch_forwarded_irq.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@linaro.org>
>>
>> ---
>>
>> v2 -> v3:
>> - rework vfio kvm device documentation
>> - reword commit message and title
>> - add subindex in kvm_arch_forwarded_irq to be closer to VFIO API
>> - forwarding state can only be changed with VFIO IRQ signaling is off
>>
>> v1 -> v2:
>> - struct kvm_arch_forwarded_irq moved from arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
>> to include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
>> also irq_index renamed into index and guest_irq renamed into gsi
>> - ASSIGN/DEASSIGN renamed into FORWARD/UNFORWARD
>> ---
>> Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++------
>> include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 10 +++++++++
>> 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt
>> index ef51740..f7aff29 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt
>> @@ -4,15 +4,24 @@ VFIO virtual device
>> Device types supported:
>> KVM_DEV_TYPE_VFIO
>>
>> -Only one VFIO instance may be created per VM. The created device
>> -tracks VFIO groups in use by the VM and features of those groups
>> -important to the correctness and acceleration of the VM. As groups
>> -are enabled and disabled for use by the VM, KVM should be updated
>> -about their presence. When registered with KVM, a reference to the
>> -VFIO-group is held by KVM.
>> +Only one VFIO instance may be created per VM.
>> +
>> +The created device tracks VFIO groups in use by the VM and features
>> +of those groups important to the correctness and acceleration of
>> +the VM. As groups are enabled and disabled for use by the VM, KVM
>> +should be updated about their presence. When registered with KVM,
>> +a reference to the VFIO-group is held by KVM.
>> +
>> +The device also tracks & enable VFIO device forwarded IRQs, if any.
>
> s/tracks & enable/tracks and enables/
ok
>
>> +A physical forwarded IRQ is directly completed by the guest. This
>> +requires HW support in the interrupt controller which must be able
>> +to automatically complete the physical IRQ when it detects the guest
>> +has completed the corresponding virtual IRQ. The modality sometimes
>> +is named direct EOI.
>
> this last sentence is a bit floating out there; perhaps you want to be
> more specific and say what it is on ARM.
Well this is naming some people used at the KVM forum. I thought this
was something known on other archs but I can drop this comment.
>
>>
>> Groups:
>> KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP
>> + KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE
>>
>> KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP attributes:
>> KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_ADD: Add a VFIO group to VFIO-KVM device tracking
>> @@ -20,3 +29,16 @@ KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP attributes:
>>
>> For each, kvm_device_attr.addr points to an int32_t file descriptor
>> for the VFIO group.
>> +
>> +KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE attributes:
>> + KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_FORWARD_IRQ: set a VFIO device IRQ as forwarded
>> + KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_UNFORWARD_IRQ: set a VFIO device IRQ as not forwarded
>> +
>> +For each, kvm_device_attr.addr points to a kvm_arch_forwarded_irq struct.
>> +
>> +The forwarded state can only be changed when the VFIO signaling mechanism
>> +for this physical IRQ is not set. In other words, forwarding must be
>> +activated before VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS has been called to trigger the IRQ
>> +or associate an eventfd to it. Unforwarding can only be called while the
>> +signaling has been disabled with VFIO_DEVICE_SET_IRQS. If this condition is
>> +not satisfied, the command returns an -EBUSY.
>
> s/command/ioctl/
ok
>
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
>> index 6076882..a269a42 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
>> @@ -946,6 +946,9 @@ struct kvm_device_attr {
>> #define KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP 1
>> #define KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_ADD 1
>> #define KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_DEL 2
>> +#define KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE 2
>> +#define KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_FORWARD_IRQ 1
>> +#define KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_UNFORWARD_IRQ 2
>>
>> enum kvm_device_type {
>> KVM_DEV_TYPE_FSL_MPIC_20 = 1,
>> @@ -963,6 +966,13 @@ enum kvm_device_type {
>> KVM_DEV_TYPE_MAX,
>> };
>>
>> +struct kvm_arch_forwarded_irq {
>> + __u32 fd; /* file desciptor of the VFIO device */
>> + __u32 index; /* VFIO device IRQ index */
>> + __u32 subindex; /* VFIO device IRQ subindex */
>> + __u32 gsi; /* gsi, ie. virtual IRQ number */
>> +};
>> +
>> /*
>> * ioctls for VM fds
>> */
>> --
>> 1.9.1
>>
>
> otherwise this looks reasonable.
thanks
Eric
>