linux/Documentation/virtual, branch v4.0

Merge tag 'virtio-next-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux

2015-02-18T17:24:01Z

Pull virtio updates from Rusty Russell: "OK, this has the big virtio 1.0 implementation, as specified by OASIS. On top of tht is the major rework of lguest, to use PCI and virtio 1.0, to double-check the implementation. Then comes the inevitable fixes and cleanups from that work" * tag 'virtio-next-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rusty/linux: (80 commits) virtio: don't set VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_DRIVER_OK twice. virtio_net: unconditionally define struct virtio_net_hdr_v1. tools/lguest: don't use legacy definitions for net device in example launcher. virtio: Don't expose legacy net features when VIRTIO_NET_NO_LEGACY defined. tools/lguest: use common error macros in the example launcher. tools/lguest: give virtqueues names for better error messages tools/lguest: more documentation and checking of virtio 1.0 compliance. lguest: don't look in console features to find emerg_wr. tools/lguest: don't start devices until DRIVER_OK status set. tools/lguest: handle indirect partway through chain. tools/lguest: insert driver references from the 1.0 spec (4.1 Virtio Over PCI) tools/lguest: insert device references from the 1.0 spec (4.1 Virtio Over PCI) tools/lguest: rename virtio_pci_cfg_cap field to match spec. tools/lguest: fix features_accepted logic in example launcher. tools/lguest: handle device reset correctly in example launcher. virtual: Documentation: simplify and generalize paravirt_ops.txt lguest: remove NOTIFY call and eventfd facility. lguest: remove NOTIFY facility from demonstration launcher. lguest: use the PCI console device's emerg_wr for early boot messages. lguest: always put console in PCI slot #1. ...

virtual: Documentation: simplify and generalize paravirt_ops.txt

2015-02-13T06:45:44Z

The general documentation we have for pv_ops is currenty present on the IA64 docs, but since this documentation covers IA64 xen enablement and IA64 Xen support got ripped out a while ago through commit d52eefb47 present since v3.14-rc1 lets just simplify, generalize and move the pv_ops documentation to a shared place. Cc: Isaku Yamahata Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge Cc: Chris Wright Cc: Alok Kataria Cc: Rusty Russell Cc: virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org Cc: Tony Luck Cc: Fenghua Yu Cc: Boris Ostrovsky Cc: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell

KVM: s390: add cpu model support

2015-02-09T11:44:13Z

This patch enables cpu model support in kvm/s390 via the vm attribute interface. During KVM initialization, the host properties cpuid, IBC value and the facility list are stored in the architecture specific cpu model structure. During vcpu setup, these properties are taken to initialize the related SIE state. This mechanism allows to adjust the properties from user space and thus to implement different selectable cpu models. This patch uses the IBC functionality to block instructions that have not been implemented at the requested CPU type and GA level compared to the full host capability. Userspace has to initialize the cpu model before vcpu creation. A cpu model change of running vcpus is not possible. Signed-off-by: Michael Mueller Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger

Merge tag 'kvm-s390-next-20150122' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvms390/linux into kvm-next

2015-01-23T13:33:36Z

KVM: s390: fixes and features for kvm/next (3.20) 1. Generic - sparse warning (make function static) - optimize locking - bugfixes for interrupt injection - fix MVPG addressing modes 2. hrtimer/wakeup fun A recent change can cause KVM hangs if adjtime is used in the host. The hrtimer might wake up too early or too late. Too early is fatal as vcpu_block will see that the wakeup condition is not met and sleep again. This CPU might never wake up again. This series addresses this problem. adjclock slowing down the host clock will result in too late wakeups. This will require more work. In addition to that we also change the hrtimer from REALTIME to MONOTONIC to avoid similar problems with timedatectl set-time. 3. sigp rework We will move all "slow" sigps to QEMU (protected with a capability that can be enabled) to avoid several races between concurrent SIGP orders. 4. Optimize the shadow page table Provide an interface to announce the maximum guest size. The kernel will use that to make the pagetable 2,3,4 (or theoretically) 5 levels. 5. Provide an interface to set the guest TOD We now use two vm attributes instead of two oneregs, as oneregs are vcpu ioctl and we don't want to call them from other threads. 6. Protected key functions The real HMC allows to enable/disable protected key CPACF functions. Lets provide an implementation + an interface for QEMU to activate this the protected key instructions.

KVM: s390: forward most SIGP orders to user space

2015-01-23T12:25:37Z

Most SIGP orders are handled partially in kernel and partially in user space. In order to: - Get a correct SIGP SET PREFIX handler that informs user space - Avoid race conditions between concurrently executed SIGP orders - Serialize SIGP orders per VCPU We need to handle all "slow" SIGP orders in user space. The remaining ones to be handled completely in kernel are: - SENSE - SENSE RUNNING - EXTERNAL CALL - EMERGENCY SIGNAL - CONDITIONAL EMERGENCY SIGNAL According to the PoP, they have to be fast. They can be executed without conflicting to the actions of other pending/concurrently executing orders (e.g. STOP vs. START). This patch introduces a new capability that will - when enabled - forward all but the mentioned SIGP orders to user space. The instruction counters in the kernel are still updated. Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger

KVM: s390: new parameter for SIGP STOP irqs

2015-01-23T12:25:33Z

In order to get rid of the action_flags and to properly migrate pending SIGP STOP irqs triggered e.g. by SIGP STOP AND STORE STATUS, we need to remember whether to store the status when stopping. For this reason, a new parameter (flags) for the SIGP STOP irq is introduced. These flags further define details of the requested STOP and can be easily migrated. Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth Acked-by: Cornelia Huck Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger

KVM: s390: Allow userspace to limit guest memory size

2015-01-23T12:25:30Z

With commit c6c956b80bdf ("KVM: s390/mm: support gmap page tables with less than 5 levels") we are able to define a limit for the guest memory size. As we round up the guest size in respect to the levels of page tables we get to guest limits of: 2048 MB, 4096 GB, 8192 TB and 16384 PB. We currently limit the guest size to 16 TB, which means we end up creating a page table structure supporting guest sizes up to 8192 TB. This patch introduces an interface that allows userspace to tune this limit. This may bring performance improvements for small guests. Signed-off-by: Dominik Dingel Acked-by: Cornelia Huck Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger

arm/arm64: KVM: force alignment of VGIC dist/CPU/redist addresses

2015-01-20T17:25:33Z

Although the GIC architecture requires us to map the MMIO regions only at page aligned addresses, we currently do not enforce this from the kernel side. Restrict any vGICv2 regions to be 4K aligned and any GICv3 regions to be 64K aligned. Document this requirement. Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall

arm/arm64: KVM: allow userland to request a virtual GICv3

2015-01-20T17:25:33Z

With all of the GICv3 code in place now we allow userland to ask the kernel for using a virtual GICv3 in the guest. Also we provide the necessary support for guests setting the memory addresses for the virtual distributor and redistributors. This requires some userland code to make use of that feature and explicitly ask for a virtual GICv3. Document that KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP only works for GICv2, but is considered legacy and using KVM_CREATE_DEVICE is preferred. Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall

KVM: arm/arm64: vgic: add init entry to VGIC KVM device

2015-01-11T13:12:15Z

Since the advent of VGIC dynamic initialization, this latter is initialized quite late on the first vcpu run or "on-demand", when injecting an IRQ or when the guest sets its registers. This initialization could be initiated explicitly much earlier by the users-space, as soon as it has provided the requested dimensioning parameters. This patch adds a new entry to the VGIC KVM device that allows the user to manually request the VGIC init: - a new KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CTRL group is introduced. - Its first attribute is KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CTRL_INIT The rationale behind introducing a group is to be able to add other controls later on, if needed. Signed-off-by: Eric Auger Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall