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| author | Jordan Niethe <jniethe5@gmail.com> | 2023-09-14 05:05:57 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> | 2023-09-14 14:04:24 +0200 |
| commit | 6ccbbc33f06adaf79acde18571c6543ad1cb4be6 (patch) | |
| tree | 6b520b5b10268c5f4e0a809bd38ae78e792d70f7 /arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug | |
| parent | KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Introduce low level MSR accessor (diff) | |
| download | linux-6ccbbc33f06adaf79acde18571c6543ad1cb4be6.tar.xz linux-6ccbbc33f06adaf79acde18571c6543ad1cb4be6.zip | |
KVM: PPC: Add helper library for Guest State Buffers
The PAPR "Nestedv2" guest API introduces the concept of a Guest State
Buffer for communication about L2 guests between L1 and L0 hosts.
In the new API, the L0 manages the L2 on behalf of the L1. This means
that if the L1 needs to change L2 state (e.g. GPRs, SPRs, partition
table...), it must request the L0 perform the modification. If the
nested host needs to read L2 state likewise this request must
go through the L0.
The Guest State Buffer is a Type-Length-Value style data format defined
in the PAPR which assigns all relevant partition state a unique
identity. Unlike a typical TLV format the length is redundant as the
length of each identity is fixed but is included for checking
correctness.
A guest state buffer consists of an element count followed by a stream
of elements, where elements are composed of an ID number, data length,
then the data:
Header:
<---4 bytes--->
+----------------+-----
| Element Count | Elements...
+----------------+-----
Element:
<----2 bytes---> <-2 bytes-> <-Length bytes->
+----------------+-----------+----------------+
| Guest State ID | Length | Data |
+----------------+-----------+----------------+
Guest State IDs have other attributes defined in the PAPR such as
whether they are per thread or per guest, or read-only.
Introduce a library for using guest state buffers. This includes support
for actions such as creating buffers, adding elements to buffers,
reading the value of elements and parsing buffers. This will be used
later by the nestedv2 guest support.
Signed-off-by: Jordan Niethe <jniethe5@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://msgid.link/20230914030600.16993-9-jniethe5@gmail.com
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug index 2a54fadbeaf5..339c3a5f56f1 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig.debug @@ -82,6 +82,18 @@ config MSI_BITMAP_SELFTEST bool "Run self-tests of the MSI bitmap code" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL +config GUEST_STATE_BUFFER_TEST + def_tristate n + prompt "Enable Guest State Buffer unit tests" + depends on KUNIT + depends on KVM_BOOK3S_HV_POSSIBLE + default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS + help + The Guest State Buffer is a data format specified in the PAPR. + It is by hcalls to communicate the state of L2 guests between + the L1 and L0 hypervisors. Enable unit tests for the library + used to create and use guest state buffers. + config PPC_IRQ_SOFT_MASK_DEBUG bool "Include extra checks for powerpc irq soft masking" depends on PPC64 |