Re: [PART1 RFC v3 02/12] KVM: x86: Introducing kvm_x86_ops VM init/uninit hooks

Suravee Suthikulpanit
2016-03-30T12:18:44Z

Hi Paolo,

On 3/30/16 19:07, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>
>
> On 30/03/2016 12:00, Suravee Suthikulpanit wrote:
>> Hi Paolo,
>>
>> On 3/29/16 18:47, Suravee Suthikulpanit wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On 03/29/2016 05:21 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 29/03/2016 07:27, Suravee Suthikulpanit wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Adding function pointers in struct kvm_x86_ops for
>>>>>>>> processor-specific
>>>>>>>> layer to provide hooks for when KVM initialize and un-initialize VM.
>>>>>> This is not the only thing your patch is doing, and the "other" change
>>>>>> definitely needs a lot more explanation about why you did it and how
>>>>>> you
>>>>>> audited the code to ensure that it is safe.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Paolo
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry, for not mentioning this earlier. I am moving the
>>>>> kvm_arch_init_vm() call mainly to go after mutex_init(&kvm->slots_lock)
>>>>> since I am calling the x86_set_memory_region() (which uses slots_lock)
>>>>> in the vm_init() hooks (for AVIC initialization).
>>>>>
>>>>> Lemme re-check if this would be safe for other code.
>>>>
>>>> No problem. In the meanwhile a patch got in ("KVM: fix spin_lock_init
>>>> order on x86") that should help you.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Paolo
>>>>
>>>
>>> Right.... that's just what I need :) I'll re-base to the latest tip then.
>>
>> Actually, in the file virt/kvm/kvm_main.c, I still need to move the
>> kvm_arch_init_vm() to some place after the call to kvm_alloc_memslots()
>> since I am calling x86_set_memory_region() in the vm_init hook.
>>
>> r = -ENOMEM;
>> for (i = 0; i < KVM_ADDRESS_SPACE_NUM; i++) {
>> kvm->memslots[i] = kvm_alloc_memslots();
>> if (!kvm->memslots[i])
>> goto out_err_no_srcu;
>> }
>>
>> if (init_srcu_struct(&kvm->srcu))
>> goto out_err_no_srcu;
>> if (init_srcu_struct(&kvm->irq_srcu))
>> goto out_err_no_irq_srcu;
>> for (i = 0; i < KVM_NR_BUSES; i++) {
>> kvm->buses[i] = kzalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_io_bus),
>> GFP_KERNEL);
>> if (!kvm->buses[i])
>> goto out_err;
>> }
>> //HERE
>> r = kvm_arch_init_vm(kvm, type);
>> if (r)
>> goto out_err;
>>
>> Do you think that would be a problem?
>
> Can you delay that to after the creation of the first VCPU?

Sure, I can. That's what I was doing originally before we introduce the
vm_init hook. I just thought that this would make a nice place.

> Allocating AVIC data structures is not required if userspace has not
> called KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP or enabled KVM_CAP_SPLIT_IRQCHIP.
>
> Paolo
>

Okay.

Thanks,
Suravee