* [RFC, PATCH 3/24] i386 Vmi interface definition
@ 2006-03-13 18:01 Zachary Amsden
2006-03-14 0:39 ` Chris Wright
` (2 more replies)
0 siblings, 3 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Zachary Amsden @ 2006-03-13 18:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Linus Torvalds, Linux Kernel Mailing List,
Virtualization Mailing List, Xen-devel, Andrew Morton,
Zachary Amsden, Dan Hecht, Dan Arai, Anne Holler,
Pratap Subrahmanyam, Christopher Li, Joshua LeVasseur,
Chris Wright, Rik Van Riel, Jyothy Reddy, Jack Lo, Kip Macy,
Jan Beulich, Ky Srinivasan, Wim Coekaerts, Leendert van Doorn,
Zachary Amsden
Master definition of VMI interface, including calls, constants, and
interface version.
Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Index: linux-2.6.16-rc5/include/asm-i386/mach-vmi/paravirtualInterface.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.16-rc5.orig/include/asm-i386/mach-vmi/paravirtualInterface.h 2006-03-08 10:08:45.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc5/include/asm-i386/mach-vmi/paravirtualInterface.h 2006-03-08 10:08:45.000000000 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+/*
+ * paravirtualInterface.h --
+ *
+ * Header file for paravirtualization interface and definitions
+ * for the hypervisor option ROM tables.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2005, VMWare, Inc.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _PARAVIRTUAL_INTERFACE_H_
+#define _PARAVIRTUAL_INTERFACE_H_
+
+#include "vmiCalls.h"
+
+/*
+ *---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * VMI Option ROM API
+ *
+ *---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+#define VDEF(call) VMI_CALL_##call,
+typedef enum VMICall {
+ VMI_CALLS
+ NUM_VMI_CALLS
+} VMICall;
+#undef VDEF
+
+#define VMI_SIGNATURE 0x696d5663 /* "cVmi" */
+
+#define VMI_API_REV_MAJOR 13
+#define VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0
+
+/* Flags used by VMI_Reboot call */
+#define VMI_REBOOT_SOFT 0x0
+#define VMI_REBOOT_HARD 0x1
+
+/* Flags used by VMI_{Notify|Release}Page call */
+#define VMI_PAGE_PT 0x01
+#define VMI_PAGE_PD 0x02
+#define VMI_PAGE_PAE 0x04
+#define VMI_PAGE_PDP 0x04
+#define VMI_PAGE_PML4 0x08
+
+/* Flags used by VMI_FlushTLB call */
+#define VMI_FLUSH_TLB 0x01
+#define VMI_FLUSH_GLOBAL 0x02
+
+/* Flags used by VMI_FlushSync call */
+#define VMI_FLUSH_PT_UPDATES 0x80
+
+/* The number of VMI address translation slot */
+#define VMI_LINEAR_MAP_SLOTS 4
+
+/* The cycle counters. */
+#define VMI_CYCLES_REAL 0
+#define VMI_CYCLES_AVAILABLE 1
+#define VMI_CYCLES_STOLEN 2
+
+/* The alarm interface 'flags' bits. [TBD: exact format of 'flags'] */
+#define VMI_ALARM_COUNTERS 2
+
+#define VMI_ALARM_COUNTER_MASK 0x000000ff
+
+#define VMI_ALARM_WIRED_IRQ0 0x00000000
+#define VMI_ALARM_WIRED_LVTT 0x00010000
+
+#define VMI_ALARM_IS_ONESHOT 0x00000000
+#define VMI_ALARM_IS_PERIODIC 0x00000100
+
+
+/*
+ *---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * Generic VROM structures and definitions
+ *
+ *---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+/* VROM call table definitions */
+#define VROM_CALL_LEN 32
+
+typedef struct VROMCallEntry {
+ char f[VROM_CALL_LEN];
+} VROMCallEntry;
+
+typedef struct VROMHeader {
+ VMI_UINT16 romSignature; // option ROM signature
+ VMI_INT8 romLength; // ROM length in 512 byte chunks
+ unsigned char romEntry[4]; // 16-bit code entry point
+ VMI_UINT8 romPad0; // 4-byte align pad
+ VMI_UINT32 vRomSignature; // VROM identification signature
+ VMI_UINT8 APIVersionMinor; // Minor version of API
+ VMI_UINT8 APIVersionMajor; // Major version of API
+ VMI_UINT8 reserved0; // Reserved for expansion
+ VMI_UINT8 reserved1; // Reserved for expansion
+ VMI_UINT32 reserved2; // Reserved for expansion
+ VMI_UINT32 reserved3; // Reserved for private use
+ VMI_UINT16 pciHeaderOffset; // Offset to PCI OPROM header
+ VMI_UINT16 pnpHeaderOffset; // Offset to PnP OPROM header
+ VMI_UINT32 romPad3; // PnP reserverd / VMI reserved
+ VROMCallEntry romCallReserved[3]; // Reserved call slots
+} VROMHeader;
+
+typedef struct VROMCallTable {
+ VROMCallEntry vromCall[128]; // @ 0x80: ROM calls 4-127
+} VROMCallTable;
+
+/* State needed to start an application processor in an SMP system. */
+typedef struct APState {
+ VMI_UINT32 cr0;
+ VMI_UINT32 cr2;
+ VMI_UINT32 cr3;
+ VMI_UINT32 cr4;
+
+ VMI_UINT64 efer;
+
+ VMI_UINT32 eip;
+ VMI_UINT32 eflags;
+ VMI_UINT32 eax;
+ VMI_UINT32 ebx;
+ VMI_UINT32 ecx;
+ VMI_UINT32 edx;
+ VMI_UINT32 esp;
+ VMI_UINT32 ebp;
+ VMI_UINT32 esi;
+ VMI_UINT32 edi;
+ VMI_UINT16 cs;
+ VMI_UINT16 ss;
+ VMI_UINT16 ds;
+ VMI_UINT16 es;
+ VMI_UINT16 fs;
+ VMI_UINT16 gs;
+ VMI_UINT16 ldtr;
+
+ VMI_UINT16 gdtr_limit;
+ VMI_UINT32 gdtr_base;
+ VMI_UINT32 idtr_base;
+ VMI_UINT16 idtr_limit;
+} APState;
+
+// Historical 3.X revisions
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 1 /* GetFlags_CLI is used */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 2 /* STI_SYSEXIT is used */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 3 /* IN/OUT are used */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 4 /* Deferred calls used */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 5 /* SetIOPLMask is used */
+
+// 4.X revisions
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0 /* IN/OUT binary compat */
+
+// 5.X revisions
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 1 /* APIC read/write */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 2 /* Send IPI */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 3 /* IO Delay */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 4 /* Timer API */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 5 /* SMP VMI-Timer */
+
+// 6.X revisions
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0 /* VMI Timer periodic alarms */
+
+// 7.X revisions
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0 /* Dropped 6 VMI calls */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 1 /* Wallclock */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 2 /* RDTSC compatiblity */
+
+// 8.X revisions
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0 /* Xen compatible DT */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 1 /* WallclockUpdated */
+
+// 9.X revisions
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0 /* Removed HookCallback */
+
+// 10.X revisions
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0 /* UpdateIDT -> WriteIDTEntry */
+
+// 11.X revisions
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0 /* UpdateTSS -> UpdateKernelStack */
+
+// 12.X revisions
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0 /* Drop APICSendIPI */
+
+// 13.X revisions
+#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0 /* Remove shared area allocation */
+
+#endif
Index: linux-2.6.16-rc5/include/asm-i386/mach-vmi/vmiCalls.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.16-rc5.orig/include/asm-i386/mach-vmi/vmiCalls.h 2006-03-08 10:08:45.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc5/include/asm-i386/mach-vmi/vmiCalls.h 2006-03-08 10:15:30.000000000 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+ * vmiCalls.h --
+ *
+ * List of 32-bit VMI interface calls and parameters
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2005, VMware, Inc.
+ *
+ */
+
+#define VMI_CALLS \
+ VDEF(RESERVED0) \
+ VDEF(RESERVED1) \
+ VDEF(RESERVED2) \
+ VDEF(RESERVED3) \
+ VDEF(Init) \
+ VDEF(CPUID) \
+ VDEF(WRMSR) \
+ VDEF(RDMSR) \
+ VDEF(SetGDT) \
+ VDEF(SetLDT) \
+ VDEF(SetIDT) \
+ VDEF(SetTR) \
+ VDEF(GetGDT) \
+ VDEF(GetLDT) \
+ VDEF(GetIDT) \
+ VDEF(GetTR) \
+ VDEF(WriteGDTEntry) \
+ VDEF(WriteLDTEntry) \
+ VDEF(WriteIDTEntry) \
+ VDEF(UpdateKernelStack) \
+ VDEF(SetCR0) \
+ VDEF(SetCR2) \
+ VDEF(SetCR3) \
+ VDEF(SetCR4) \
+ VDEF(GetCR0) \
+ VDEF(GetCR2) \
+ VDEF(GetCR3) \
+ VDEF(GetCR4) \
+ VDEF(INVD) \
+ VDEF(WBINVD) \
+ VDEF(SetDR) \
+ VDEF(GetDR) \
+ VDEF(RDPMC) \
+ VDEF(RDTSC) \
+ VDEF(CLTS) \
+ VDEF(EnableInterrupts) \
+ VDEF(DisableInterrupts) \
+ VDEF(GetInterruptMask) \
+ VDEF(SetInterruptMask) \
+ VDEF(IRET) \
+ VDEF(SYSEXIT) \
+ VDEF(Pause) \
+ VDEF(Halt) \
+ VDEF(Reboot) \
+ VDEF(Shutdown) \
+ VDEF(SetPxE) \
+ VDEF(GetPxE) \
+ VDEF(SwapPxE) \
+ /* Reserved for PAE / long mode */ \
+ VDEF(SetPxELong) \
+ VDEF(GetPxELong) \
+ VDEF(SwapPxELongAtomic) \
+ VDEF(TestAndSetPxEBit) \
+ VDEF(TestAndClearPxEBit) \
+ /* Notify the hypervisor how a page should be shadowed */ \
+ VDEF(AllocatePage) \
+ /* Release shadowed parts of a page */ \
+ VDEF(ReleasePage) \
+ VDEF(InvalPage) \
+ VDEF(FlushTLB) \
+ VDEF(FlushDeferredCalls) \
+ VDEF(SetLinearMapping) \
+ VDEF(IN) \
+ VDEF(INB) \
+ VDEF(INW) \
+ VDEF(INS) \
+ VDEF(INSB) \
+ VDEF(INSW) \
+ VDEF(OUT) \
+ VDEF(OUTB) \
+ VDEF(OUTW) \
+ VDEF(OUTS) \
+ VDEF(OUTSB) \
+ VDEF(OUTSW) \
+ VDEF(SetIOPLMask) \
+ VDEF(DeactivatePxELongAtomic) \
+ VDEF(TestAndSetPxELongBit) \
+ VDEF(TestAndClearPxELongBit) \
+ VDEF(SetInitialAPState) \
+ VDEF(APICWrite) \
+ VDEF(APICRead) \
+ VDEF(IODelay) \
+ VDEF(GetCycleFrequency) \
+ VDEF(GetCycleCounter) \
+ VDEF(SetAlarm) \
+ VDEF(CancelAlarm) \
+ VDEF(GetWallclockTime) \
+ VDEF(WallclockUpdated)
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* [RFC, PATCH 3/24] i386 Vmi interface definition
@ 2006-03-13 18:41 Zachary Amsden
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Zachary Amsden @ 2006-03-13 18:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Linus Torvalds, Linux Kernel Mailing List,
Virtualization Mailing List, Xen-devel, Andrew Morton,
Zachary Amsden, Dan Hecht, Dan Arai, Anne Holler,
Pratap Subrahmanyam, Christopher Li, Joshua LeVasseur,
Chris Wright, Rik Van Riel, Jyothy Reddy, Jack Lo, Kip Macy,
Jan Beulich, Ky Srinivasan, Wim Coekaerts, Leendert van Doorn,
Zachary Amsden
Master definition of VMI interface, including calls, constants, and
interface version.
Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Index: linux-2.6.16-rc5/include/asm-i386/mach-vmi/paravirtualInterface.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.16-rc5.orig/include/asm-i386/mach-vmi/paravirtualInterface.h 2006-03-08 10:08:45.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc5/include/asm-i386/mach-vmi/paravirtualInterface.h 2006-03-08 10:08:45.000000000 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+/*
+ * paravirtualInterface.h --
+ *
+ * Header file for paravirtualization interface and definitions
+ * for the hypervisor option ROM tables.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2005, VMWare, Inc.
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef _PARAVIRTUAL_INTERFACE_H_
+#define _PARAVIRTUAL_INTERFACE_H_
+
+#include "vmiCalls.h"
+
+/*
+ *---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * VMI Option ROM API
+ *
+ *---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+#define VDEF(call) VMI_CALL_##call,
+typedef enum VMICall {
+ VMI_CALLS
+ NUM_VMI_CALLS
+} VMICall;
+#undef VDEF
+
+#define VMI_SIGNATURE 0x696d5663 /* "cVmi" */
+
+#define VMI_API_REV_MAJOR 13
+#define VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0
+
+/* Flags used by VMI_Reboot call */
+#define VMI_REBOOT_SOFT 0x0
+#define VMI_REBOOT_HARD 0x1
+
+/* Flags used by VMI_{Notify|Release}Page call */
+#define VMI_PAGE_PT 0x01
+#define VMI_PAGE_PD 0x02
+#define VMI_PAGE_PAE 0x04
+#define VMI_PAGE_PDP 0x04
+#define VMI_PAGE_PML4 0x08
+
+/* Flags used by VMI_FlushTLB call */
+#define VMI_FLUSH_TLB 0x01
+#define VMI_FLUSH_GLOBAL 0x02
+
+/* Flags used by VMI_FlushSync call */
+#define VMI_FLUSH_PT_UPDATES 0x80
+
+/* The number of VMI address translation slot */
+#define VMI_LINEAR_MAP_SLOTS 4
+
+/* The cycle counters. */
+#define VMI_CYCLES_REAL 0
+#define VMI_CYCLES_AVAILABLE 1
+#define VMI_CYCLES_STOLEN 2
+
+/* The alarm interface 'flags' bits. [TBD: exact format of 'flags'] */
+#define VMI_ALARM_COUNTERS 2
+
+#define VMI_ALARM_COUNTER_MASK 0x000000ff
+
+#define VMI_ALARM_WIRED_IRQ0 0x00000000
+#define VMI_ALARM_WIRED_LVTT 0x00010000
+
+#define VMI_ALARM_IS_ONESHOT 0x00000000
+#define VMI_ALARM_IS_PERIODIC 0x00000100
+
+
+/*
+ *---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * Generic VROM structures and definitions
+ *
+ *---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+/* VROM call table definitions */
+#define VROM_CALL_LEN 32
+
+typedef struct VROMCallEntry {
+ char f[VROM_CALL_LEN];
+} VROMCallEntry;
+
+typedef struct VROMHeader {
+ VMI_UINT16 romSignature; // option ROM signature
+ VMI_INT8 romLength; // ROM length in 512 byte chunks
+ unsigned char romEntry[4]; // 16-bit code entry point
+ VMI_UINT8 romPad0; // 4-byte align pad
+ VMI_UINT32 vRomSignature; // VROM identification signature
+ VMI_UINT8 APIVersionMinor; // Minor version of API
+ VMI_UINT8 APIVersionMajor; // Major version of API
+ VMI_UINT8 reserved0; // Reserved for expansion
+ VMI_UINT8 reserved1; // Reserved for expansion
+ VMI_UINT32 reserved2; // Reserved for expansion
+ VMI_UINT32 reserved3; // Reserved for private use
+ VMI_UINT16 pciHeaderOffset; // Offset to PCI OPROM header
+ VMI_UINT16 pnpHeaderOffset; // Offset to PnP OPROM header
+ VMI_UINT32 romPad3; // PnP reserverd / VMI reserved
+ VROMCallEntry romCallReserved[3]; // Reserved call slots
+} VROMHeader;
+
+typedef struct VROMCallTable {
+ VROMCallEntry vromCall[128]; // @ 0x80: ROM calls 4-127
+} VROMCallTable;
+
+/* State needed to start an application processor in an SMP system. */
+typedef struct APState {
+ VMI_UINT32 cr0;
+ VMI_UINT32 cr2;
+ VMI_UINT32 cr3;
+ VMI_UINT32 cr4;
+
+ VMI_UINT64 efer;
+
+ VMI_UINT32 eip;
+ VMI_UINT32 eflags;
+ VMI_UINT32 eax;
+ VMI_UINT32 ebx;
+ VMI_UINT32 ecx;
+ VMI_UINT32 edx;
+ VMI_UINT32 esp;
+ VMI_UINT32 ebp;
+ VMI_UINT32 esi;
+ VMI_UINT32 edi;
+ VMI_UINT16 cs;
+ VMI_UINT16 ss;
+ VMI_UINT16 ds;
+ VMI_UINT16 es;
+ VMI_UINT16 fs;
+ VMI_UINT16 gs;
+ VMI_UINT16 ldtr;
+
+ VMI_UINT16 gdtr_limit;
+ VMI_UINT32 gdtr_base;
+ VMI_UINT32 idtr_base;
+ VMI_UINT16 idtr_limit;
+} APState;
+
+// Historical 3.X revisions
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 1 /* GetFlags_CLI is used */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 2 /* STI_SYSEXIT is used */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 3 /* IN/OUT are used */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 4 /* Deferred calls used */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 5 /* SetIOPLMask is used */
+
+// 4.X revisions
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0 /* IN/OUT binary compat */
+
+// 5.X revisions
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 1 /* APIC read/write */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 2 /* Send IPI */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 3 /* IO Delay */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 4 /* Timer API */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 5 /* SMP VMI-Timer */
+
+// 6.X revisions
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0 /* VMI Timer periodic alarms */
+
+// 7.X revisions
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0 /* Dropped 6 VMI calls */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 1 /* Wallclock */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 2 /* RDTSC compatiblity */
+
+// 8.X revisions
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0 /* Xen compatible DT */
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 1 /* WallclockUpdated */
+
+// 9.X revisions
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0 /* Removed HookCallback */
+
+// 10.X revisions
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0 /* UpdateIDT -> WriteIDTEntry */
+
+// 11.X revisions
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0 /* UpdateTSS -> UpdateKernelStack */
+
+// 12.X revisions
+//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0 /* Drop APICSendIPI */
+
+// 13.X revisions
+#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0 /* Remove shared area allocation */
+
+#endif
Index: linux-2.6.16-rc5/include/asm-i386/mach-vmi/vmiCalls.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.16-rc5.orig/include/asm-i386/mach-vmi/vmiCalls.h 2006-03-08 10:08:45.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.16-rc5/include/asm-i386/mach-vmi/vmiCalls.h 2006-03-08 10:15:30.000000000 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+ * vmiCalls.h --
+ *
+ * List of 32-bit VMI interface calls and parameters
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2005, VMware, Inc.
+ *
+ */
+
+#define VMI_CALLS \
+ VDEF(RESERVED0) \
+ VDEF(RESERVED1) \
+ VDEF(RESERVED2) \
+ VDEF(RESERVED3) \
+ VDEF(Init) \
+ VDEF(CPUID) \
+ VDEF(WRMSR) \
+ VDEF(RDMSR) \
+ VDEF(SetGDT) \
+ VDEF(SetLDT) \
+ VDEF(SetIDT) \
+ VDEF(SetTR) \
+ VDEF(GetGDT) \
+ VDEF(GetLDT) \
+ VDEF(GetIDT) \
+ VDEF(GetTR) \
+ VDEF(WriteGDTEntry) \
+ VDEF(WriteLDTEntry) \
+ VDEF(WriteIDTEntry) \
+ VDEF(UpdateKernelStack) \
+ VDEF(SetCR0) \
+ VDEF(SetCR2) \
+ VDEF(SetCR3) \
+ VDEF(SetCR4) \
+ VDEF(GetCR0) \
+ VDEF(GetCR2) \
+ VDEF(GetCR3) \
+ VDEF(GetCR4) \
+ VDEF(INVD) \
+ VDEF(WBINVD) \
+ VDEF(SetDR) \
+ VDEF(GetDR) \
+ VDEF(RDPMC) \
+ VDEF(RDTSC) \
+ VDEF(CLTS) \
+ VDEF(EnableInterrupts) \
+ VDEF(DisableInterrupts) \
+ VDEF(GetInterruptMask) \
+ VDEF(SetInterruptMask) \
+ VDEF(IRET) \
+ VDEF(SYSEXIT) \
+ VDEF(Pause) \
+ VDEF(Halt) \
+ VDEF(Reboot) \
+ VDEF(Shutdown) \
+ VDEF(SetPxE) \
+ VDEF(GetPxE) \
+ VDEF(SwapPxE) \
+ /* Reserved for PAE / long mode */ \
+ VDEF(SetPxELong) \
+ VDEF(GetPxELong) \
+ VDEF(SwapPxELongAtomic) \
+ VDEF(TestAndSetPxEBit) \
+ VDEF(TestAndClearPxEBit) \
+ /* Notify the hypervisor how a page should be shadowed */ \
+ VDEF(AllocatePage) \
+ /* Release shadowed parts of a page */ \
+ VDEF(ReleasePage) \
+ VDEF(InvalPage) \
+ VDEF(FlushTLB) \
+ VDEF(FlushDeferredCalls) \
+ VDEF(SetLinearMapping) \
+ VDEF(IN) \
+ VDEF(INB) \
+ VDEF(INW) \
+ VDEF(INS) \
+ VDEF(INSB) \
+ VDEF(INSW) \
+ VDEF(OUT) \
+ VDEF(OUTB) \
+ VDEF(OUTW) \
+ VDEF(OUTS) \
+ VDEF(OUTSB) \
+ VDEF(OUTSW) \
+ VDEF(SetIOPLMask) \
+ VDEF(DeactivatePxELongAtomic) \
+ VDEF(TestAndSetPxELongBit) \
+ VDEF(TestAndClearPxELongBit) \
+ VDEF(SetInitialAPState) \
+ VDEF(APICWrite) \
+ VDEF(APICRead) \
+ VDEF(IODelay) \
+ VDEF(GetCycleFrequency) \
+ VDEF(GetCycleCounter) \
+ VDEF(SetAlarm) \
+ VDEF(CancelAlarm) \
+ VDEF(GetWallclockTime) \
+ VDEF(WallclockUpdated)
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* Re: [RFC, PATCH 3/24] i386 Vmi interface definition
2006-03-13 18:01 [RFC, PATCH 3/24] i386 Vmi interface definition Zachary Amsden
@ 2006-03-14 0:39 ` Chris Wright
2006-03-14 3:16 ` Zachary Amsden
2006-03-14 15:25 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-03-22 20:06 ` Andi Kleen
2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Chris Wright @ 2006-03-14 0:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Zachary Amsden
Cc: Linus Torvalds, Linux Kernel Mailing List,
Virtualization Mailing List, Xen-devel, Andrew Morton, Dan Hecht,
Dan Arai, Anne Holler, Pratap Subrahmanyam, Christopher Li,
Joshua LeVasseur, Chris Wright, Rik Van Riel, Jyothy Reddy,
Jack Lo, Kip Macy, Jan Beulich, Ky Srinivasan, Wim Coekaerts,
Leendert van Doorn
* Zachary Amsden (zach@vmware.com) wrote:
> Master definition of VMI interface, including calls, constants, and
> interface version.
> +/* VROM call table definitions */
> +#define VROM_CALL_LEN 32
> +
> +typedef struct VROMCallEntry {
> + char f[VROM_CALL_LEN];
> +} VROMCallEntry;
And the call entry is meant to be handled in whatever mechanism hypervisor
prefers for its entry points (ABI constraints notwithstanding) as in,
arbitrary software interrupt, or call gate, etc? I guess for transparent
it has to, since those would be local calls. Quite similar to the
hypercall entry point that Xen places on the hypercall_page, so easily
compatible.
> +typedef struct VROMHeader {
> + VMI_UINT16 romSignature; // option ROM signature
> + VMI_INT8 romLength; // ROM length in 512 byte chunks
> + unsigned char romEntry[4]; // 16-bit code entry point
> + VMI_UINT8 romPad0; // 4-byte align pad
> + VMI_UINT32 vRomSignature; // VROM identification signature
> + VMI_UINT8 APIVersionMinor; // Minor version of API
> + VMI_UINT8 APIVersionMajor; // Major version of API
> + VMI_UINT8 reserved0; // Reserved for expansion
> + VMI_UINT8 reserved1; // Reserved for expansion
> + VMI_UINT32 reserved2; // Reserved for expansion
> + VMI_UINT32 reserved3; // Reserved for private use
> + VMI_UINT16 pciHeaderOffset; // Offset to PCI OPROM header
> + VMI_UINT16 pnpHeaderOffset; // Offset to PnP OPROM header
> + VMI_UINT32 romPad3; // PnP reserverd / VMI reserved
> + VROMCallEntry romCallReserved[3]; // Reserved call slots
> +} VROMHeader;
The document is slightly more descriptive. The above reserved slots
are shown as:
char reserved[32];
char elfHeader[64];
But that's only 3 (0-2). I think I'm missing some small bit of magic.
> +typedef struct VROMCallTable {
> + VROMCallEntry vromCall[128]; // @ 0x80: ROM calls 4-127
> +} VROMCallTable;
That comment eludes me. Are 0-3 special somehow (IOW, I thought it was
just 0-2 as per above), and is it suggesting int 0x80?
> +// Historical 3.X revisions
> +//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 1 /* GetFlags_CLI is used */
> +//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 2 /* STI_SYSEXIT is used */
> +//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 3 /* IN/OUT are used */
> +//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 4 /* Deferred calls used */
> +//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 5 /* SetIOPLMask is used */
> +
> +// 4.X revisions
> +//#define MIN_VMI_API_REV_MINOR 0 /* IN/OUT binary compat */
Probably not the best format for keeping changelog entries. Although
it's worth keeping the info somehwere in documentation perhaps.
thanks,
-chris
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* Re: [RFC, PATCH 3/24] i386 Vmi interface definition
2006-03-14 0:39 ` Chris Wright
@ 2006-03-14 3:16 ` Zachary Amsden
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Zachary Amsden @ 2006-03-14 3:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Chris Wright
Cc: Linus Torvalds, Linux Kernel Mailing List,
Virtualization Mailing List, Xen-devel, Andrew Morton, Dan Hecht,
Dan Arai, Anne Holler, Pratap Subrahmanyam, Christopher Li,
Joshua LeVasseur, Rik Van Riel, Jyothy Reddy, Jack Lo, Kip Macy,
Jan Beulich, Ky Srinivasan, Wim Coekaerts, Leendert van Doorn
Chris Wright wrote:
> * Zachary Amsden (zach@vmware.com) wrote:
>
>> Master definition of VMI interface, including calls, constants, and
>> interface version.
>>
>
>
>> +/* VROM call table definitions */
>> +#define VROM_CALL_LEN 32
>> +
>> +typedef struct VROMCallEntry {
>> + char f[VROM_CALL_LEN];
>> +} VROMCallEntry;
>>
>
> And the call entry is meant to be handled in whatever mechanism hypervisor
> prefers for its entry points (ABI constraints notwithstanding) as in,
> arbitrary software interrupt, or call gate, etc? I guess for transparent
> it has to, since those would be local calls. Quite similar to the
> hypercall entry point that Xen places on the hypercall_page, so easily
> compatible.
See below.
> The document is slightly more descriptive. The above reserved slots
> are shown as:
>
> char reserved[32];
> char elfHeader[64];
>
> But that's only 3 (0-2). I think I'm missing some small bit of magic.
>
>
>> +typedef struct VROMCallTable {
>> + VROMCallEntry vromCall[128]; // @ 0x80: ROM calls 4-127
>> +} VROMCallTable;
>>
>
> That comment eludes me. Are 0-3 special somehow (IOW, I thought it was
> just 0-2 as per above), and is it suggesting int 0x80?
>
Yeah, most of this is rather crufty - it is in transition. We had a
full blown ROM image with 32-byte aligned stub points at one point for
all of the VMI calls. In fact, it still is in that form, and it was
required to overlap exactly with a native ROM that was built into
Linux. See patch 6, VMI magic fixes for the details.
The machinery is already in place to do this, and it is a very nice
thing that Xen has decided to adopt a similar approach (to the ROM) of
publishing hypervisor code. I think they even use 32-byte alignment as
well. The power of an indirection at this layer is just too attractive,
and once you decide on a single binary image, I think it is inevitable
that everyone will converge on the same idea. The same concept surfaces
over and over - vsyscall being another example. You're basically
dynamically linking in code at runtime, which is a pretty common thing
to do, and gives you a very powerful redirection interface.
But we discovered that we couldn't achieve native performance, even
using directly linked calls into the ROM. Calling out for sti / cli /
popf / pushf on fast paths is just too expensive. We had to inline the
native code to match native performance. And this leaves an opportunity
for flexibility and performance in the hypervisor implementation.
You don't want direct calls to 32-byte stubs; in fact, as Joshua found,
you can't get optimal performance in a hypervisor that way. What you
need is the ability to preferentially inline certain hot calls into the
VMI layer by using NOP padding. The non-hot calls can call out to the
hypercall page.
Publishing code is the first step - inlining is the second, and it gets
you back the hit you took when indirecting your fast paths.
Zach
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* Re: [RFC, PATCH 3/24] i386 Vmi interface definition
2006-03-13 18:01 [RFC, PATCH 3/24] i386 Vmi interface definition Zachary Amsden
2006-03-14 0:39 ` Chris Wright
@ 2006-03-14 15:25 ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-03-14 16:11 ` Zachary Amsden
2006-03-22 20:06 ` Andi Kleen
2 siblings, 1 reply; 7+ messages in thread
From: Christoph Hellwig @ 2006-03-14 15:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Zachary Amsden
Cc: Linus Torvalds, Linux Kernel Mailing List,
Virtualization Mailing List, Xen-devel, Andrew Morton, Dan Hecht,
Dan Arai, Anne Holler, Pratap Subrahmanyam, Christopher Li,
Joshua LeVasseur, Chris Wright, Rik Van Riel, Jyothy Reddy,
Jack Lo, Kip Macy, Jan Beulich, Ky Srinivasan, Wim Coekaerts,
Leendert van Doorn
On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 10:01:14AM -0800, Zachary Amsden wrote:
> Master definition of VMI interface, including calls, constants, and
> interface version.
This is a totally horrible style. There's absolutely no need to find
your own sized integer types, please use the standard kernel ones.
Also don't use camel case and #pack but rather __attribute__.
Also please avoid // comments.
Also please remove all the historical version garbage, we don't care about
that.
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* Re: [RFC, PATCH 3/24] i386 Vmi interface definition
2006-03-14 15:25 ` Christoph Hellwig
@ 2006-03-14 16:11 ` Zachary Amsden
0 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Zachary Amsden @ 2006-03-14 16:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Christoph Hellwig, Zachary Amsden, Linus Torvalds,
Linux Kernel Mailing List, Virtualization Mailing List, Xen-devel,
Andrew Morton, Dan Hecht, Dan Arai, Anne Holler,
Pratap Subrahmanyam, Christopher Li, Joshua LeVasseur,
Chris Wright, Rik Van Riel, Jyothy Reddy, Jack Lo, Kip Macy,
Jan Beulich, Ky Srinivasan, Wim Coekaerts, Leendert van Doorn
Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 10:01:14AM -0800, Zachary Amsden wrote:
>
>> Master definition of VMI interface, including calls, constants, and
>> interface version.
>>
>
> This is a totally horrible style. There's absolutely no need to find
> your own sized integer types, please use the standard kernel ones.
> Also don't use camel case and #pack but rather __attribute__.
> Also please avoid // comments.
>
> Also please remove all the historical version garbage, we don't care about
> that.
>
Ugly, isn't it. The collision of two source styles has left some
scars. And fixing it is not yet finished. We know about these
problems, and we are working on getting rid of them. The historical
version garbage is rather important to us internally, and these bits are
not yet fully polished, so you get to see it to. I think you'll find us
respecting Linux conventions a lot more in the later patches.
Zach
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* Re: [RFC, PATCH 3/24] i386 Vmi interface definition
2006-03-13 18:01 [RFC, PATCH 3/24] i386 Vmi interface definition Zachary Amsden
2006-03-14 0:39 ` Chris Wright
2006-03-14 15:25 ` Christoph Hellwig
@ 2006-03-22 20:06 ` Andi Kleen
2 siblings, 0 replies; 7+ messages in thread
From: Andi Kleen @ 2006-03-22 20:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: virtualization
Cc: Zachary Amsden, Linus Torvalds, Linux Kernel Mailing List,
Xen-devel, Andrew Morton, Dan Hecht, Dan Arai, Anne Holler,
Pratap Subrahmanyam, Christopher Li, Joshua LeVasseur,
Chris Wright, Rik Van Riel, Jyothy Reddy, Jack Lo, Kip Macy,
Jan Beulich, Ky Srinivasan, Wim Coekaerts, Leendert van Doorn
On Monday 13 March 2006 19:01, Zachary Amsden wrote:
> +#define VMI_CALLS \
Somehow the preprocessor doesn't seem like a good way to store
information like this.
-Andi
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