arch/powerpc/kvm/guest-state-buffer.c · 707df298cbde200b939c70be2577b20775fe3345 · Kirill Smelkov / linux

A series of hcalls have been added to the PAPR which allow a regular guest partition to create and manage guest partitions of its own. KVM already had an interface that allowed this on powernv platforms. This existing interface will now be called "nestedv1". The newly added PAPR interface will be called "nestedv2". PHYP will support the nestedv2 interface. At this time the host side of the nestedv2 interface has not been implemented on powernv but there is no technical reason why it could not be added. The nestedv1 interface is still supported. Add support to KVM to utilize these hcalls to enable running nested guests as a pseries guest on PHYP. Overview of the new hcall usage: - L1 and L0 negotiate capabilities with H_GUEST_{G,S}ET_CAPABILITIES() - L1 requests the L0 create a L2 with H_GUEST_CREATE() and receives a handle to use in future hcalls - L1 requests the L0 create a L2 vCPU with H_GUEST_CREATE_VCPU() - L1 sets up the L2 using H_GUEST_SET and the H_GUEST_VCPU_RUN input buffer - L1 requests the L0 runs the L2 vCPU using H_GUEST_VCPU_RUN() - L2 returns to L1 with an exit reason and L1 reads the H_GUEST_VCPU_RUN output buffer populated by the L0 - L1 handles the exit using H_GET_STATE if necessary - L1 reruns L2 vCPU with H_GUEST_VCPU_RUN - L1 frees the L2 in the L0 with H_GUEST_DELETE() Support for the new API is determined by trying H_GUEST_GET_CAPABILITIES. On a successful return, use the nestedv2 interface. Use the vcpu register state setters for tracking modified guest state elements and copy the thread wide values into the H_GUEST_VCPU_RUN input buffer immediately before running a L2. The guest wide elements can not be added to the input buffer so send them with a separate H_GUEST_SET call if necessary. Make the vcpu register getter load the corresponding value from the real host with H_GUEST_GET. To avoid unnecessarily calling H_GUEST_GET, track which values have already been loaded between H_GUEST_VCPU_RUN calls. If an element is present in the H_GUEST_VCPU_RUN output buffer it also does not need to be loaded again. Tested-by: