From: will.deacon@arm.com (Will Deacon)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 00/21] arm64: Virtualization Host Extension support
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:26:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160125162613.GD22927@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1453737235-16522-1-git-send-email-marc.zyngier@arm.com>
On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 03:53:34PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> ARMv8.1 comes with the "Virtualization Host Extension" (VHE for
> short), which enables simpler support of Type-2 hypervisors.
>
> This extension allows the kernel to directly run at EL2, and
> significantly reduces the number of system registers shared between
> host and guest, reducing the overhead of virtualization.
>
> In order to have the same kernel binary running on all versions of the
> architecture, this series makes heavy use of runtime code patching.
>
> The first 20 patches massage the KVM code to deal with VHE and enable
> Linux to run at EL2. The last patch catches an ugly case when VHE
> capable CPUs are paired with some of their less capable siblings. This
> should never happen, but hey...
>
> I have deliberately left out some of the more "advanced"
> optimizations, as they are likely to distract the reviewer from the
> core infrastructure, which is what I care about at the moment.
>
> A few things to note:
>
> - Given that the code has been almost entierely rewritten, I've
> dropped all Acks from the new patches
>
> - GDB is currently busted on VHE systems, as it checks for version 6
> on the debug architecture, while VHE is version 7. The binutils
> people are on the case.
[...]
> arch/arm/include/asm/virt.h | 5 ++
> arch/arm/kvm/arm.c | 151 +++++++++++++++++++------------
> arch/arm/kvm/mmu.c | 7 ++
> arch/arm64/Kconfig | 13 +++
> arch/arm64/include/asm/cpufeature.h | 3 +-
> arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h | 1 +
> arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h | 3 +
> arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_mmu.h | 34 ++++++-
> arch/arm64/include/asm/virt.h | 27 ++++++
> arch/arm64/kernel/asm-offsets.c | 3 -
> arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 15 +++-
> arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 51 ++++++++++-
> arch/arm64/kernel/smp.c | 3 +
> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp-init.S | 18 +---
> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp.S | 7 ++
> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S | 6 ++
> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/hyp-entry.S | 107 +++++++---------------
> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/hyp.h | 119 ++++++++++++++++++++++--
> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c | 170 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/sysreg-sr.c | 147 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/timer-sr.c | 10 +--
> drivers/clocksource/arm_arch_timer.c | 96 ++++++++++++--------
> 22 files changed, 724 insertions(+), 272 deletions(-)
Have you tried hw_breakpoint/perf/ptrace with these changes? I was under
the impression that the debug architecture was aware of E2H and did need
some changes made. I know you say that GDB is broken anyway, but we should
check that the kernel does the right thing if userspace pokes it the
right way.
Will
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Thread overview: 83+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-01-25 15:53 [PATCH v2 00/21] arm64: Virtualization Host Extension support Marc Zyngier
2016-01-25 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 01/21] arm/arm64: Add new is_kernel_in_hyp_mode predicate Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 13:59 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-01-25 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 02/21] arm64: Allow the arch timer to use the HYP timer Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 12:29 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-01 13:42 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 15:37 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-01-25 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 03/21] arm64: Add ARM64_HAS_VIRT_HOST_EXTN feature Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 13:59 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-01-25 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 04/21] arm64: KVM: Skip HYP setup when already running in HYP Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 13:59 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-01-25 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 05/21] arm64: KVM: VHE: Turn VTCR_EL2 setup into a reusable macro Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 13:13 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-01 14:21 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 15:38 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-01-25 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 06/21] arm64: KVM: VHE: Patch out use of HVC Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 13:16 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-01 13:34 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 15:36 ` Catalin Marinas
2016-02-01 16:20 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 17:08 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2016-02-01 17:28 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-02-02 15:42 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-01 15:39 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-01-25 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 07/21] arm64: KVM: VHE: Patch out kern_hyp_va Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 13:20 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-01 13:38 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 15:40 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-01-25 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 08/21] arm64: KVM: VHE: Introduce unified system register accessors Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 13:47 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-01 14:04 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 15:43 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-01-25 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 09/21] arm64: KVM: VHE: Differenciate host/guest sysreg save/restore Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 13:59 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-01-25 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 10/21] arm64: KVM: VHE: Split save/restore of sysregs shared between EL1 and EL2 Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 13:54 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-02 9:46 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-02-02 15:46 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-02 16:19 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-02-02 20:07 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-01-25 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 11/21] arm64: KVM: VHE: Use unified system register accessors Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 13:59 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-01-25 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 12/21] arm64: KVM: VHE: Enable minimal sysreg save/restore Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 14:02 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-01-25 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 13/21] arm64: KVM: VHE: Make __fpsimd_enabled VHE aware Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 14:17 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-01-25 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 14/21] arm64: KVM: VHE: Implement VHE activate/deactivate_traps Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 14:20 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-02 11:27 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-01-25 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 15/21] arm64: KVM: VHE: Use unified sysreg accessors for timer Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 14:23 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-01-25 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 16/21] arm64: KVM: VHE: Add fpsimd enabling on guest access Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 14:24 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-01-25 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 17/21] arm64: KVM: VHE: Add alternative panic handling Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 14:26 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-01-25 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 18/21] arm64: KVM: Introduce hyp_alternate_value helper Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 14:41 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-02 13:42 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-02-02 15:47 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-01-25 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 19/21] arm64: KVM: Move most of the fault decoding to C Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 15:21 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-02 14:24 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-02-02 15:50 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-01-25 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 20/21] arm64: VHE: Add support for running Linux in EL2 mode Marc Zyngier
2016-01-26 14:04 ` Suzuki K. Poulose
2016-01-26 14:30 ` Suzuki K. Poulose
2016-02-01 15:26 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-01-25 15:53 ` [PATCH v2 21/21] arm64: Panic when VHE and non VHE CPUs coexist Marc Zyngier
2016-01-26 14:25 ` Suzuki K. Poulose
2016-01-26 14:34 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 15:36 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-02 15:32 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 8:49 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-02-03 17:45 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-02-03 19:12 ` Christoffer Dall
2016-01-25 16:15 ` [PATCH v2 00/21] arm64: Virtualization Host Extension support Arnd Bergmann
2016-01-25 16:23 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-01-25 16:26 ` Arnd Bergmann
2016-01-25 16:26 ` Will Deacon [this message]
2016-01-25 16:37 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-01-25 16:44 ` Will Deacon
2016-01-25 19:16 ` Marc Zyngier
2016-02-01 16:25 ` Christoffer Dall
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