linux-toradex.git/Documentation/virtual, branch v4.14-rc5

Merge tag 'kvm-arm-for-v4.14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvmarm/kvmarm

2017-09-07T16:22:04+00:00

KVM/ARM Changes for v4.14

Two minor cleanups and improvements, a fix for decoding external abort
types from guests, and added support for migrating the active priority
of interrupts when running a GICv2 guest on a GICv3 host.

KVM: arm/arm64: Support uaccess of GICC_APRn

2017-09-05T15:33:39+00:00

When migrating guests around we need to know the active priorities to
ensure functional virtual interrupt prioritization by the GIC.

This commit clarifies the API and how active priorities of interrupts in
different groups are represented, and implements the accessor functions
for the uaccess register range.

We live with a slight layering violation in accessing GICv3 data
structures from vgic-mmio-v2.c, because anything else just adds too much
complexity for us to deal with (it's not like there's a benefit
elsewhere in the code of an intermediate representation as is the case
with the VMCR).  We accept this, because while doing v3 processing from
a file named something-v2.c can look strange at first, this really is
specific to dealing with the user space interface for something that
looks like a GICv2.

Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier 
Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall

KVM: s390: Multiple Epoch Facility support

2017-08-29T13:15:54+00:00

Allow for the enablement of MEF and the support for the extended
epoch in SIE and VSIE for the extended guest TOD-Clock.

A new interface is used for getting/setting a guest's extended TOD-Clock
that uses a single ioctl invocation, KVM_S390_VM_TOD_EXT.  Since the
host time is a moving target that might see an epoch switch or STP sync
checks we need an atomic ioctl and cannot use the exisiting two
interfaces. The old method of getting and setting the guest TOD-Clock is
still retained and is used when the old ioctls are called.

Signed-off-by: Collin L. Walling 
Reviewed-by: Janosch Frank 
Reviewed-by: Claudio Imbrenda 
Reviewed-by: Jason J. Herne 
Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck 
Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger

kvm: x86: hyperv: make VP_INDEX managed by userspace

2017-07-14T14:28:18+00:00

Hyper-V identifies vCPUs by Virtual Processor Index, which can be
queried via HV_X64_MSR_VP_INDEX msr.  It is defined by the spec as a
sequential number which can't exceed the maximum number of vCPUs per VM.
APIC ids can be sparse and thus aren't a valid replacement for VP
indices.

Current KVM uses its internal vcpu index as VP_INDEX.  However, to make
it predictable and persistent across VM migrations, the userspace has to
control the value of VP_INDEX.

This patch achieves that, by storing vp_index explicitly on vcpu, and
allowing HV_X64_MSR_VP_INDEX to be set from the host side.  For
compatibility it's initialized to KVM vcpu index.  Also a few variables
are renamed to make clear distinction betweed this Hyper-V vp_index and
KVM vcpu_id (== APIC id).  Besides, a new capability,
KVM_CAP_HYPERV_VP_INDEX, is added to allow the userspace to skip
attempting msr writes where unsupported, to avoid spamming error logs.

Signed-off-by: Roman Kagan 
Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář

KVM: async_pf: Let guest support delivery of async_pf from guest mode

2017-07-14T12:26:16+00:00

Adds another flag bit (bit 2) to MSR_KVM_ASYNC_PF_EN. If bit 2 is 1,
async page faults are delivered to L1 as #PF vmexits; if bit 2 is 0,
kvm_can_do_async_pf returns 0 if in guest mode.

This is similar to what svm.c wanted to do all along, but it is only
enabled for Linux as L1 hypervisor.  Foreign hypervisors must never
receive async page faults as vmexits, because they'd probably be very
confused about that.

Cc: Paolo Bonzini 
Cc: Radim Krčmář 
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li 
Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář

kvm: x86: hyperv: add KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SYNIC2

2017-07-13T15:41:04+00:00

There is a flaw in the Hyper-V SynIC implementation in KVM: when message
page or event flags page is enabled by setting the corresponding msr,
KVM zeroes it out.  This is problematic because on migration the
corresponding MSRs are loaded on the destination, so the content of
those pages is lost.

This went unnoticed so far because the only user of those pages was
in-KVM hyperv synic timers, which could continue working despite that
zeroing.

Newer QEMU uses those pages for Hyper-V VMBus implementation, and
zeroing them breaks the migration.

Besides, in newer QEMU the content of those pages is fully managed by
QEMU, so zeroing them is undesirable even when writing the MSRs from the
guest side.

To support this new scheme, introduce a new capability,
KVM_CAP_HYPERV_SYNIC2, which, when enabled, makes sure that the synic
pages aren't zeroed out in KVM.

Signed-off-by: Roman Kagan 
Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář

kvm: x86: mmu: allow A/D bits to be disabled in an mmu

2017-07-03T09:19:54+00:00

Adds the plumbing to disable A/D bits in the MMU based on a new role
bit, ad_disabled. When A/D is disabled, the MMU operates as though A/D
aren't available (i.e., using access tracking faults instead).

To avoid SP -> kvm_mmu_page.role.ad_disabled lookups all over the
place, A/D disablement is now stored in the SPTE. This state is stored
in the SPTE by tweaking the use of SPTE_SPECIAL_MASK for access
tracking. Rather than just setting SPTE_SPECIAL_MASK when an
access-tracking SPTE is non-present, we now always set
SPTE_SPECIAL_MASK for access-tracking SPTEs.

Signed-off-by: Peter Feiner 
[Use role.ad_disabled even for direct (non-shadow) EPT page tables.  Add
 documentation and a few MMU_WARN_ONs. - Paolo]
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini

Merge branch 'kvm-ppc-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc into HEAD

2017-07-03T08:41:59+00:00

- Better machine check handling for HV KVM
- Ability to support guests with threads=2, 4 or 8 on POWER9
- Fix for a race that could cause delayed recognition of signals
- Fix for a bug where POWER9 guests could sleep with interrupts
  pending.

Merge tag 'kvmarm-for-4.13' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kvmarm/kvmarm into HEAD

2017-06-30T10:38:26+00:00

KVM/ARM updates for 4.13

- vcpu request overhaul
- allow timer and PMU to have their interrupt number
  selected from userspace
- workaround for Cavium erratum 30115
- handling of memory poisonning
- the usual crop of fixes and cleanups

Conflicts:
	arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h

KVM: S390: add new group for flic

2017-06-22T10:41:07+00:00

In some cases, userspace needs to get or set all ais states for example
migration. So we introduce a new group KVM_DEV_FLIC_AISM_ALL to provide
interfaces to get or set the adapter-interruption-suppression mode for
all ISCs. The corresponding documentation is updated.

Signed-off-by: Yi Min Zhao 
Reviewed-by: Halil Pasic 
Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger