Re: [PATCH v5 11/13] KVM: s390: implement mediated device open callback

Tony Krowiak
2018-06-11T12:56:18Z

On 06/11/2018 05:23 AM, Pierre Morel wrote:
> On 08/06/2018 23:59, Tony Krowiak wrote:
>> On 06/07/2018 01:15 PM, Pierre Morel wrote:
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>>>>>> Why maintain a list of kvm_ap_matrix structures if we don't have
>>>>>> to; it is stored
>>>>>> with the mediated matrix device which is passed in to all of the
>>>>>> vfio_ap driver
>>>>>> callbacks.
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>>>>> Because using the vm_list which is a static in kvm makes you stick
>>>>> inside the kvm code.
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>> I understand your point here, but even if we did maintain a list of
>> kvm_ap_matrix structures,
>> we still need the kvm code to configure the guest's CRYCB and
>> eventually ECA.28. There is
>> also code in kvm-ap.c that is called from KVM.
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> The only code from kvm-ap which is called from KVM is temporary code
> waiting for Harald to offer the clean interface to AP instructions.
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>> The idea behind kvm-ap.c is that all code
>> related to configuration of AP structures in KVM is in this one spot.
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> This I understand, but the code can be in one spot inside VFIO_AP instead
> of inside KVM.
> Putting the code inside KVM induce dependencies between KVM and AP
> while the kvm/vfio interface allows to avoid this dependency.
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> The purpose of VFIO_AP is to handle the CRYCB, all get/clear/set crycb
> masks
> functions should be in VFIO AP.
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> If we use wrappers in KVM, since the CRYCB is an a SIE extension,
> it is legitimate, the KVM interface to the CRYCB should only
> handle bitmaps and be unaware of the vfio_ap internal structures.
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> Another concern, the kvm_ap_validate_queue_sharing() should not be
> inside KVM because it is a decision of current VFIO_AP driver
> to not share the queues between guest of level 2.
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> The Z architecture does not allow to share AP queues between
> guests of level 1 but we could re-engineer the AP bus and the '
> VFIO AP to offer queue sharing for guest level 2.
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> This would be a new VFIO_AP driver (and an AP bus extension).
> We should not have to change KVM for this.

Based on your, Halil's and Janosch's comments, I will make the changes.

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> Regards,
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> Pierre
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