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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anup Patel [mailto:anup@brainfault.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 1, 2020 11:20 PM
> To: Jiangyifei <jiangyifei@huawei.com>
> Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>; Palmer Dabbelt
> <palmer@dabbelt.com>; Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>; Anup Patel
> <anup.patel@wdc.com>; Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com>; Atish
> Patra <atish.patra@wdc.com>; deepa.kernel@gmail.com;
> kvm-riscv@lists.infradead.org; KVM General <kvm@vger.kernel.org>;
> linux-riscv <linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org>; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List
> <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>; Zhangxiaofeng (F)
> <victor.zhangxiaofeng@huawei.com>; Wubin (H) <wu.wubin@huawei.com>;
> Zhanghailiang <zhang.zhanghailiang@huawei.com>; dengkai (A)
> <dengkai1@huawei.com>; yinyipeng <yinyipeng1@huawei.com>; zhaosiqi (A)
> <zhaosiqi3@huawei.com>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 2/2] target/kvm: Add interfaces needed for log dirty
>
> On Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 8:09 AM Jiangyifei <jiangyifei@huawei.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Anup Patel [mailto:anup@brainfault.org]
> > > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2020 12:54 PM
> > > To: Jiangyifei <jiangyifei@huawei.com>
> > > Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>; Palmer Dabbelt
> > > <palmer@dabbelt.com>; Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>; Anup Patel
> > > <anup.patel@wdc.com>; Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com>;
> > > Atish Patra <atish.patra@wdc.com>; deepa.kernel@gmail.com;
> > > kvm-riscv@lists.infradead.org; KVM General <kvm@vger.kernel.org>;
> > > linux-riscv <linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org>;
> > > linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>;
> > > Zhangxiaofeng (F) <victor.zhangxiaofeng@huawei.com>; Wubin (H)
> > > <wu.wubin@huawei.com>; Zhanghailiang
> > > <zhang.zhanghailiang@huawei.com>; dengkai (A)
> <dengkai1@huawei.com>;
> > > yinyipeng <yinyipeng1@huawei.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 2/2] target/kvm: Add interfaces needed for
> > > log dirty
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 1:54 PM Yifei Jiang <jiangyifei@huawei.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Add two interfaces of log dirty for kvm_main.c, and detele the
> > > > interface kvm_vm_ioctl_get_dirty_log which is redundantly defined.
> > > >
> > > > CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_DIRTYLOG_READ_PROTECT is added in
> defconfig.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Yifei Jiang <jiangyifei@huawei.com>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Yipeng Yin <yinyipeng1@huawei.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > arch/riscv/configs/defconfig | 1 +
> > > > arch/riscv/kvm/Kconfig | 1 +
> > > > arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c | 43
> > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > arch/riscv/kvm/vm.c | 6 -----
> > > > 4 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/arch/riscv/configs/defconfig
> > > > b/arch/riscv/configs/defconfig index d36e1000bbd3..857d799672c2
> > > > 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/riscv/configs/defconfig
> > > > +++ b/arch/riscv/configs/defconfig
> > > > @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ CONFIG_SOC_VIRT=y CONFIG_SMP=y
> > > > CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION=y CONFIG_KVM=y
> > > > +CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_DIRTYLOG_READ_PROTECT=y
> > > > CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=y
> > > > CONFIG_MODULES=y
> > > > CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
> > > > diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/kvm/Kconfig index
> > > > 2356dc52ebb3..91fcffc70e5d 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/riscv/kvm/Kconfig
> > > > +++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/Kconfig
> > > > @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ config KVM
> > > > select KVM_MMIO
> > > > select HAVE_KVM_VCPU_ASYNC_IOCTL
> > > > select SRCU
> > > > + select KVM_GENERIC_DIRTYLOG_READ_PROTECT
> > > > help
> > > > Support hosting virtualized guest machines.
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c index
> > > > 88bce80ee983..df2a470c25e4 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c
> > > > +++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/mmu.c
> > > > @@ -358,6 +358,43 @@ void stage2_wp_memory_region(struct kvm
> *kvm,
> > > int slot)
> > > > kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(kvm); }
> > > >
> > > > +/**
> > > > + * kvm_mmu_write_protect_pt_masked() - write protect dirty pages
> > > > + * @kvm: The KVM pointer
> > > > + * @slot: The memory slot associated with mask
> > > > + * @gfn_offset: The gfn offset in memory slot
> > > > + * @mask: The mask of dirty pages at offset 'gfn_offset' in this
> memory
> > > > + * slot to be write protected
> > > > + *
> > > > + * Walks bits set in mask write protects the associated pte's.
> > > > +Caller must
> > > > + * acquire kvm_mmu_lock.
> > > > + */
> > > > +static void kvm_mmu_write_protect_pt_masked(struct kvm *kvm,
> > > > + struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
> > > > + gfn_t gfn_offset, unsigned long mask) {
> > > > + phys_addr_t base_gfn = slot->base_gfn + gfn_offset;
> > > > + phys_addr_t start = (base_gfn + __ffs(mask)) << PAGE_SHIFT;
> > > > + phys_addr_t end = (base_gfn + __fls(mask) + 1) << PAGE_SHIFT;
> > > > +
> > > > + stage2_wp_range(kvm, start, end); }
> > > > +
> > > > +/*
> > > > + * kvm_arch_mmu_enable_log_dirty_pt_masked - enable dirty logging
> > > > +for selected
> > > > + * dirty pages.
> > > > + *
> > > > + * It calls kvm_mmu_write_protect_pt_masked to write protect
> > > > +selected pages to
> > > > + * enable dirty logging for them.
> > > > + */
> > > > +void kvm_arch_mmu_enable_log_dirty_pt_masked(struct kvm *kvm,
> > > > + struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
> > > > + gfn_t gfn_offset, unsigned long mask) {
> > > > + kvm_mmu_write_protect_pt_masked(kvm, slot, gfn_offset, mask);
> > > > +}
> > > > +
> > > > +
> > > > int stage2_ioremap(struct kvm *kvm, gpa_t gpa, phys_addr_t hpa,
> > > > unsigned long size, bool writable) { @@ -433,6
> > > > +470,12 @@ void kvm_arch_sync_dirty_log(struct kvm *kvm, struct
> > > > kvm_memory_slot *memslot) { }
> > > >
> > > > +void kvm_arch_flush_remote_tlbs_memslot(struct kvm *kvm,
> > > > + struct
> kvm_memory_slot
> > > > +*memslot) {
> > > > + kvm_flush_remote_tlbs(kvm); }
> > > > +
> > > > void kvm_arch_free_memslot(struct kvm *kvm, struct
> > > > kvm_memory_slot
> > > > *free) { } diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vm.c
> > > > b/arch/riscv/kvm/vm.c index 4f2498198cb5..f7405676903b 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vm.c
> > > > +++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vm.c
> > > > @@ -12,12 +12,6 @@
> > > > #include <linux/uaccess.h>
> > > > #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
> > > >
> > > > -int kvm_vm_ioctl_get_dirty_log(struct kvm *kvm, struct
> > > > kvm_dirty_log
> > > > *log) -{
> > > > - /* TODO: To be added later. */
> > > > - return -ENOTSUPP;
> > > > -}
> > > > -
> > > > int kvm_arch_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type) {
> > > > int r;
> > > > --
> > > > 2.19.1
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > I already have a similar change as part of v14 KVM RISC-V series.
> > >
> > > Let us coordinate better. Please let us know in-advance for any KVM
> > > RISC-V feature you plan to work on. Otherwise, this leads to efforts
> > > wasted at your end or at our end.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Anup
> >
> > Hi Anup,
> >
> > Thanks for accepting our patches.
> >
> > In the next few weeks we plan to work on the following:
> > 1. memory reverse mapping (rmap), related to migration.
>
> This is fine.
>

Thanks.

> > 2. irqfd.
>
> We had past discussion about doing in-kernel PLIC.
>
> Generally, in-kernel emulation of an interrupt controller provides the following
> benefits:
> 1. Faster emulation of timer interrupts
> 2. Faster emulation of ipi interrupts
> 3. Irqfd for Vhost
> 4. Pass-through interrupt routing
> 5. Anything else ??
>
> For RISC-V, timer and ipi interrupts are handled locally by each HART so
> in-kernel PLIC emulation won't provide 1) and 2). Also, considering simplicity of
> PLIC we can't provide 4) as well. This means 3) might be the only benefit of
> in-kernel PLIC.
>
> There are already efforts underway to have a new interrupt-controller spec
> which has virtualization support and also supports MSIs. I think it is OKAY to
> have PLIC emulated in user-space for now. We will go for in-kernel emulation
> and irqfd support for the new interrupt controller.
>
> Does this sound okay ??

That's OK.

>
> (Please talk to Andrew Waterman and John Hauser for more details on new
> interrupt-controller spec)
>
> > 3. implmentaion related to the dedicated clock event source proposal.
>
> There are two SBI extensions required:
> 1. Para-virt CPU steal accounting
> This is for accounting stolen time by hypervisors.
> 2. Para-virt time scaling
> This is for migrating Guest/VM across Host with different timer frequency.
>
> We are already doing 1) and we will be proposing an SBI extension for it in the
> UnixPlatformSpec mailing list soon.
>
> By "dedicated clock event source" I assume you meant something related to 2).
> I would suggest you to join UnixPlatformSpec mailing list on RISC-V foundation
> and propose your SBI spec related ideas over there.

OK.

>
> >
> > Besides, we are aware of that you are working on irq chip emulation in KVM.
> Meanwhile, our implementaiton of irqfd and the clock event source has
> dependency on the irq chip and we may well modify the irq chip emulation code.
> So could you share with us any ideas, plans or progress regarding your work
> since there might be potential collision?
>
> Please see my comments on irqfd.
>
> >
> > Let's stay in touch in the long run and coodinate better. BTW, could you share
> with us if there's any regular discussion sessions focused on RISC-V KVM?
>
> I have started an email discussion about having regular Hypervisor sync-up call
> on the UnixPlatformSpec mailing list. We can use this sync-up call for KVM
> RISC-V as well.

We will list our existing work and plans in the sync-up call email.

>
> Regards,
> Anup

Regards,
Yifei
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