Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 18/18] kvm: arm64: Allow tuning the physical address size for VM | From | Suzuki K Poulose <> | Date | Tue, 25 Sep 2018 11:24:13 +0100 |
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On 09/25/2018 11:00 AM, Auger Eric wrote: > Hi Suzuki, > On 9/17/18 12:41 PM, Suzuki K Poulose wrote: >> Allow specifying the physical address size limit for a new >> VM via the kvm_type argument for the KVM_CREATE_VM ioctl. This >> allows us to finalise the stage2 page table as early as possible >> and hence perform the right checks on the memory slots >> without complication. The size is ecnoded as Log2(PA_Size) in > encoded
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>> >> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt >> index c664064f76fb..f860251ff27c 100644 >> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt >> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt >> @@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ the default trap & emulate implementation (which changes the virtual >> memory layout to fit in user mode), check KVM_CAP_MIPS_VZ and use the >> flag KVM_VM_MIPS_VZ. >> >> +To configure the physical address space size for a VM (IPA size) on arm64, >> +check KVM_CAP_ARM_VM_PHYS_SHIFT (which returns the maximum limit for the >> +IPA shift) and use KVM_VM_TYPE_ARM_PHYS_SHIFT(PHYS_SHIFT). Bits[7-0] of the >> +machine type has been reserved for specifying the PHYS_SHIFT. > are reserved to pass the PHYS_SHIFT? >> +The supported range is [32...IPA_LIMIT], where IPA_LIMIT could be > s/could be/is
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h >> index 07548de5c988..2a6b29c446db 100644 >> --- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h >> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h >> @@ -750,6 +750,15 @@ struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt { >> >> #define KVM_S390_SIE_PAGE_OFFSET 1 >> >> +/* >> + * On arm64, machine type can be used to request the physical >> + * address size for the VM. Bits[7-0] has been reserved for the PA > s/has been reserved/are?
Thanks for spotting, fixed all the above.
Suzuki
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