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author | Oliver Upton <oupton@google.com> | 2022-05-04 06:24:40 +0300 |
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committer | Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> | 2022-05-04 11:28:45 +0300 |
commit | 7b33a09d036ffd9a04506122840629c7e870cf08 (patch) | |
tree | 3ee3d0cf1d939f6c7ecfb1f02357bf7ec0ba54ae /Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | |
parent | 3fdd04592d38bb31a0bea567d9a66672b484bed3 (diff) | |
download | linux-7b33a09d036ffd9a04506122840629c7e870cf08.tar.xz |
KVM: arm64: Add support for userspace to suspend a vCPU
Introduce a new MP state, KVM_MP_STATE_SUSPENDED, which indicates a vCPU
is in a suspended state. In the suspended state the vCPU will block
until a wakeup event (pending interrupt) is recognized.
Add a new system event type, KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_WAKEUP, to indicate to
userspace that KVM has recognized one such wakeup event. It is the
responsibility of userspace to then make the vCPU runnable, or leave it
suspended until the next wakeup event.
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oupton@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220504032446.4133305-7-oupton@google.com
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1 files changed, 35 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst index 4a900cdbc62e..46ca84600dca 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst @@ -1476,14 +1476,43 @@ Possible values are: [s390] KVM_MP_STATE_LOAD the vcpu is in a special load/startup state [s390] + KVM_MP_STATE_SUSPENDED the vcpu is in a suspend state and is waiting + for a wakeup event [arm64] ========================== =============================================== On x86, this ioctl is only useful after KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP. Without an in-kernel irqchip, the multiprocessing state must be maintained by userspace on these architectures. -For arm64/riscv: -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +For arm64: +^^^^^^^^^^ + +If a vCPU is in the KVM_MP_STATE_SUSPENDED state, KVM will emulate the +architectural execution of a WFI instruction. + +If a wakeup event is recognized, KVM will exit to userspace with a +KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT exit, where the event type is KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_WAKEUP. If +userspace wants to honor the wakeup, it must set the vCPU's MP state to +KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE. If it does not, KVM will continue to await a wakeup +event in subsequent calls to KVM_RUN. + +.. warning:: + + If userspace intends to keep the vCPU in a SUSPENDED state, it is + strongly recommended that userspace take action to suppress the + wakeup event (such as masking an interrupt). Otherwise, subsequent + calls to KVM_RUN will immediately exit with a KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_WAKEUP + event and inadvertently waste CPU cycles. + + Additionally, if userspace takes action to suppress a wakeup event, + it is strongly recommended that it also restores the vCPU to its + original state when the vCPU is made RUNNABLE again. For example, + if userspace masked a pending interrupt to suppress the wakeup, + the interrupt should be unmasked before returning control to the + guest. + +For riscv: +^^^^^^^^^^ The only states that are valid are KVM_MP_STATE_STOPPED and KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE which reflect if the vcpu is paused or not. @@ -5985,6 +6014,7 @@ should put the acknowledged interrupt vector into the 'epr' field. #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SHUTDOWN 1 #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_RESET 2 #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_CRASH 3 + #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_WAKEUP 4 __u32 type; __u32 ndata; __u64 data[16]; @@ -6009,6 +6039,9 @@ Valid values for 'type' are: has requested a crash condition maintenance. Userspace can choose to ignore the request, or to gather VM memory core dump and/or reset/shutdown of the VM. + - KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_WAKEUP -- the exiting vCPU is in a suspended state and + KVM has recognized a wakeup event. Userspace may honor this event by + marking the exiting vCPU as runnable, or deny it and call KVM_RUN again. If KVM_CAP_SYSTEM_EVENT_DATA is present, the 'data' field can contain architecture specific information for the system-level event. Only |