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From: Qing He <qing.he@intel.com>
To: xen-devel@lists.xensource.com
Cc: Qing He <qing.he@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH 17/17] tools: nest: allow enabling nesting
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:41:29 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1271929289-18572-18-git-send-email-qing.he@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1271929289-18572-1-git-send-email-qing.he@intel.com>

Add hvm config option to allow nesting

Signed-off-by: Qing He <qing.he@intel.com>

---
 examples/xmexample.hvm            |   12 ++++++++++++
 python/xen/xend/XendConfig.py     |    4 ++++
 python/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py |    5 ++++-
 python/xen/xm/create.py           |    7 ++++++-
 python/xen/xm/xenapi_create.py    |    1 +
 5 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -r 3a7b55a0be9c -r 682f3d39f719 tools/examples/xmexample.hvm
--- a/tools/examples/xmexample.hvm	Thu Apr 22 22:30:10 2010 +0800
+++ b/tools/examples/xmexample.hvm	Thu Apr 22 22:39:56 2010 +0800
@@ -371,3 +371,15 @@
 #
 
 #vscsi = [ '/dev/sdx, 0:0:0:0' ]
+
+#   Enable nested virtualization
+#
+#   Turn on this option allow the guest to present virtualization
+# hardware. So that guest can use VMX or SVM to run another guest.
+# Turning off the option not only masks availability reporting, but
+# also disables all related controls, including related instructions,
+# cpuid, msr, etc. for security concerns.
+#
+# This feature is experimental, and the default is off.
+#
+#nesting=0
diff -r 3a7b55a0be9c -r 682f3d39f719 tools/python/xen/xend/XendConfig.py
--- a/tools/python/xen/xend/XendConfig.py	Thu Apr 22 22:30:10 2010 +0800
+++ b/tools/python/xen/xend/XendConfig.py	Thu Apr 22 22:39:56 2010 +0800
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@
     'vhpt': int,
     'guest_os_type': str,
     'hap': int,
+    'nesting': int,
     'xen_extended_power_mgmt': int,
     'pci_msitranslate': int,
     'pci_power_mgmt': int,
@@ -2219,6 +2220,9 @@
     def is_hap(self):
         return self['platform'].get('hap', 0)
 
+    def is_nesting(self):
+        return self['platform'].get('nesting', 0)
+
     def is_pv_and_has_pci(self):
         for dev_type, dev_info in self.all_devices_sxpr():
             if dev_type != 'pci':
diff -r 3a7b55a0be9c -r 682f3d39f719 tools/python/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py
--- a/tools/python/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py	Thu Apr 22 22:30:10 2010 +0800
+++ b/tools/python/xen/xend/XendDomainInfo.py	Thu Apr 22 22:39:56 2010 +0800
@@ -2511,9 +2511,11 @@
         self.restart_in_progress = False
 
         hap = 0
+        nesting = 0
         hvm = self.info.is_hvm()
         if hvm:
             hap = self.info.is_hap()
+            nesting = self.info.is_nesting()
             info = xc.xeninfo()
             if 'hvm' not in info['xen_caps']:
                 raise VmError("HVM guest support is unavailable: is VT/AMD-V "
@@ -2540,7 +2542,8 @@
         oos = self.info['platform'].get('oos', 1)
         oos_off = 1 - int(oos)
 
-        flags = (int(hvm) << 0) | (int(hap) << 1) | (int(s3_integrity) << 2) | (int(oos_off) << 3)
+        flags = (int(hvm) << 0) | (int(hap) << 1) | (int(s3_integrity) << 2) \
+              | (int(oos_off) << 3) | (int(nesting) << 4)
 
         try:
             self.domid = xc.domain_create(
diff -r 3a7b55a0be9c -r 682f3d39f719 tools/python/xen/xm/create.py
--- a/tools/python/xen/xm/create.py	Thu Apr 22 22:30:10 2010 +0800
+++ b/tools/python/xen/xm/create.py	Thu Apr 22 22:39:56 2010 +0800
@@ -643,6 +643,11 @@
           use="""Should out-of-sync shadow page tabled be enabled?
           (0=OOS is disabled; 1=OOS is enabled.""")
 
+gopts.var('nesting', val='Nesting',
+          fn=set_int, default=0,
+          use="""Nesting availability (0=nesting is forbidden;
+          1=nesting is allowed.""")
+
 gopts.var('cpuid', val="IN[,SIN]:eax=EAX,ebx=EBX,ecx=ECX,edx=EDX",
           fn=append_value, default=[],
           use="""Cpuid description.""")
@@ -1065,7 +1070,7 @@
              'device_model', 'display',
              'fda', 'fdb',
              'gfx_passthru', 'guest_os_type',
-             'hap', 'hpet',
+             'hap', 'hpet', 'nesting',
              'isa',
              'keymap',
              'localtime',
diff -r 3a7b55a0be9c -r 682f3d39f719 tools/python/xen/xm/xenapi_create.py
--- a/tools/python/xen/xm/xenapi_create.py	Thu Apr 22 22:30:10 2010 +0800
+++ b/tools/python/xen/xm/xenapi_create.py	Thu Apr 22 22:39:56 2010 +0800
@@ -1105,6 +1105,7 @@
             'guest_os_type',
             'hap',
             'oos',
+            'nesting',
             'pci_msitranslate',
             'pci_power_mgmt',
             'xen_platform_pci',

  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-04-22  9:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 51+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-04-22  9:41 [PATCH 00/17][RFC] Nested virtualization for VMX Qing He
2010-04-22  9:41 ` [PATCH 01/17] vmx: nest: fix CR4.VME in update_guest_cr Qing He
2010-05-20  9:26   ` Tim Deegan
2010-05-20  9:36     ` Qing He
2010-04-22  9:41 ` [PATCH 02/17] vmx: nest: rename host_vmcs Qing He
2010-04-22  9:41 ` [PATCH 03/17] vmx: nest: wrapper for control update Qing He
2010-05-20  9:34   ` Tim Deegan
2010-05-20  9:46     ` Qing He
2010-05-20 12:57       ` Keir Fraser
2010-04-22  9:41 ` [PATCH 04/17] vmx: nest: domain and vcpu flags Qing He
2010-05-20  9:37   ` Tim Deegan
2010-05-20  9:51     ` Christoph Egger
2010-05-20  9:54     ` Qing He
2010-05-20 10:55       ` Tim Deegan
2010-05-20 12:53         ` Qing He
2010-05-20 14:06           ` Christoph Egger
2010-04-22  9:41 ` [PATCH 05/17] vmx: nest: nested control structure Qing He
2010-04-22  9:41 ` [PATCH 06/17] vmx: nest: virtual vmcs layout Qing He
2010-04-22  9:41 ` [PATCH 07/17] vmx: nest: handling VMX instruction exits Qing He
2010-05-20 10:53   ` Tim Deegan
2010-05-20 13:28     ` Qing He
2010-04-22  9:41 ` [PATCH 08/17] vmx: nest: L1 <-> L2 context switch Qing He
2010-05-20 11:11   ` Tim Deegan
2010-05-20 13:49     ` Qing He
2010-05-21  9:19       ` Tim Deegan
2010-05-21 10:31         ` Qing He
2010-05-25 15:27           ` Tim Deegan
2010-04-22  9:41 ` [PATCH 09/17] vmx: nest: interrupt Qing He
2010-05-20 11:21   ` Tim Deegan
2010-05-20 15:55     ` Qing He
2010-04-22  9:41 ` [PATCH 10/17] vmx: nest: VMExit handler in L2 Qing He
2010-05-20 11:44   ` Tim Deegan
2010-05-20 16:06     ` Qing He
2010-05-21  8:42       ` Tim Deegan
2010-05-21 10:35         ` Qing He
2010-05-25 15:34           ` Tim Deegan
2010-04-22  9:41 ` [PATCH 11/17] vmx: nest: L2 tsc Qing He
2010-05-20 11:47   ` Tim Deegan
2010-05-20 16:07     ` Qing He
2010-04-22  9:41 ` [PATCH 12/17] vmx: nest: CR0.TS and #NM Qing He
2010-04-22  9:41 ` [PATCH 13/17] vmx: nest: capability reporting MSRs Qing He
2010-05-20 11:52   ` Tim Deegan
2010-04-22  9:41 ` [PATCH 14/17] vmx: nest: enable virtual VMX Qing He
2010-04-22  9:41 ` [PATCH 15/17] vmx: nest: virtual ept for nested Qing He
2010-05-20 12:21   ` Tim Deegan
2010-05-21 10:24     ` Qing He
2010-05-25 16:02       ` Tim Deegan
2010-04-22  9:41 ` [PATCH 16/17] vmx: nest: hvmtrace " Qing He
2010-04-22  9:41 ` Qing He [this message]
2010-04-22 10:15 ` [PATCH 00/17][RFC] Nested virtualization for VMX Christoph Egger
2010-04-23 10:10   ` He, Qing

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