From: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
To: Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.ibm.com>, Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
Cc: Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 21/22] KVM: s390: CPU model support for AP virtualization
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 09:57:06 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8f5463ca-7a52-89a5-6d7f-12065484879a@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1e0fc615-101c-7b9d-6dd1-de9a43fae734@linux.ibm.com>
Am 12.09.18 um 19:42 schrieb Tony Krowiak:
> On 08/23/2018 04:24 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote:
>> On Thu, 23 Aug 2018 09:48:48 +0200
>> David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> Migration of AP devices is not supported by this patch series, so this
>>>> should
>>>> not be an issue.
>>> Might not be a problem now, but could be later. As I said in a different
>>> reply, the CPU model in QEMU does not care about KVM.
>>>
>>> I want the QEMU CPU model and the KVM interfaces to be clean and future
>>> proof. That's why my opinion is to handle PQAP(QCI) just like all the
>>> other "feature blocks" we already have.
>> +1 to that sentiment.
>>
>> It's better to try to get this correct now than having to hack around
>> should we want to implement things in the future.
>
> Just so we're on the same page here as far as what to expect for v10 of
> this patch series, let me summarize the the very long series of private
> exchanges as well as this thread:
>
> * The APXA facility indicated by a bit returned in the response to the
> PQAP(QCI) function indicates only whether the APXA facility is available
> on one or more APs installed on the system.
> * The only way to change the bit returned from PQAP(QCI) is to intercept the
> instruction and emulate it, so it makes no sense for passthrough devices.
> * The AP(s) with APXA installed may not necessarily even be in the
> configuration.
> * The only way to determine whether APXA is installed in a given AP is to
> query it using the PQAP(TAPQ) instruction.
>
> It was decided that APXA is better modeled as device configuration. If
> and when
> emulation is implemented, APXA can be configured for any AP devices assigned
> to a guest. Since AP instructions will be intercepted when emulating AP,
> the PQAP(QCI) instruction can return the APXA bit according to whether any
> AP is configured with APXA installed. That matches the real architecture
> much
> more closely. So, the bottom line is that we will not introduce a new
> CPU model
> feature for APXA in v10 of this series.
Yes, that sounds sane to me. In addition, all other QCI indicated
"features/facilitites" are handled on a per-device basis and not on a
CPU-model basis.
--
Thanks,
David / dhildenb
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-09-17 7:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 138+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-13 21:47 [PATCH v9 00/22] guest dedicated crypto adapters Tony Krowiak
2018-08-13 21:47 ` [PATCH v9 01/22] s390/zcrypt: Add ZAPQ inline function Tony Krowiak
2018-08-13 21:47 ` [PATCH v9 02/22] s390/zcrypt: Review inline assembler constraints Tony Krowiak
2018-08-13 21:48 ` [PATCH v9 03/22] s390/zcrypt: Show load of cards and queues in sysfs Tony Krowiak
2018-08-13 21:48 ` [PATCH v9 04/22] s390/zcrypt: Integrate ap_asm.h into include/asm/ap.h Tony Krowiak
2018-08-14 8:43 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-17 13:18 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-17 13:27 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-17 19:09 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-13 21:48 ` [PATCH v9 05/22] KVM: s390: vsie: simulate VCPU SIE entry/exit Tony Krowiak
2018-08-14 8:50 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-14 12:46 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-13 21:48 ` [PATCH v9 06/22] KVM: s390: introduce and use KVM_REQ_VSIE_RESTART Tony Krowiak
2018-08-13 21:48 ` [PATCH v9 07/22] KVM: s390: refactor crypto initialization Tony Krowiak
2018-08-20 16:41 ` David Hildenbrand
2018-08-20 20:33 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-20 20:41 ` David Hildenbrand
2018-08-21 13:29 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-13 21:48 ` [PATCH v9 08/22] s390: vfio-ap: base implementation of VFIO AP device driver Tony Krowiak
2018-08-14 10:42 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-14 23:30 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-13 21:48 ` [PATCH v9 09/22] s390: vfio-ap: register matrix device with VFIO mdev framework Tony Krowiak
2018-08-14 11:19 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-15 16:51 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-16 16:24 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-17 8:43 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-17 19:02 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-09-06 8:49 ` Pierre Morel
2018-09-10 13:38 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-09-10 21:58 ` Halil Pasic
2018-08-13 21:48 ` [PATCH v9 10/22] s390: vfio-ap: sysfs interfaces to configure adapters Tony Krowiak
2018-08-15 9:52 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-15 16:59 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-16 7:30 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-17 13:23 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-13 21:48 ` [PATCH v9 11/22] s390: vfio-ap: sysfs interfaces to configure domains Tony Krowiak
2018-08-15 12:05 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-15 17:00 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-13 21:48 ` [PATCH v9 12/22] s390: vfio-ap: sysfs interfaces to configure control domains Tony Krowiak
2018-08-20 14:23 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-20 16:43 ` Halil Pasic
2018-08-20 17:41 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-21 15:25 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-21 17:07 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-21 23:18 ` Halil Pasic
2018-08-22 9:42 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-22 10:43 ` Halil Pasic
2018-08-22 11:03 ` Pierre Morel
2018-08-22 15:11 ` Christian Borntraeger
2018-08-22 15:34 ` Pierre Morel
2018-08-22 15:48 ` Christian Borntraeger
2018-08-22 15:53 ` Pierre Morel
2018-08-22 17:11 ` Halil Pasic
2018-08-22 19:16 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-23 9:26 ` Halil Pasic
2018-08-23 10:41 ` Pierre Morel
2018-08-23 10:25 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-23 10:43 ` Pierre Morel
2018-08-23 11:31 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-23 11:44 ` Pierre Morel
2018-08-23 14:16 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-27 8:33 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-27 13:47 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-27 13:51 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-27 15:39 ` Halil Pasic
2018-09-10 13:27 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-22 15:18 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-22 14:31 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-13 21:48 ` [PATCH v9 13/22] s390: vfio-ap: sysfs interface to view matrix mdev matrix Tony Krowiak
2018-08-20 14:08 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-09-12 17:01 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-09-13 9:12 ` Halil Pasic
2018-08-13 21:48 ` [PATCH v9 14/22] KVM: s390: interfaces to clear CRYCB masks Tony Krowiak
2018-08-15 13:10 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-15 17:55 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-13 21:48 ` [PATCH v9 15/22] s390: vfio-ap: implement mediated device open callback Tony Krowiak
2018-08-15 16:08 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-15 18:21 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-13 21:48 ` [PATCH v9 16/22] s390: vfio-ap: implement VFIO_DEVICE_GET_INFO ioctl Tony Krowiak
2018-08-20 14:24 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-13 21:48 ` [PATCH v9 17/22] s390: vfio-ap: zeroize the AP queues Tony Krowiak
2018-08-15 16:24 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-15 20:36 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-17 9:34 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-13 21:48 ` [PATCH v9 18/22] s390: vfio-ap: implement VFIO_DEVICE_RESET ioctl Tony Krowiak
2018-08-15 16:38 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-15 21:05 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-17 9:38 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-17 19:03 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-13 21:48 ` [PATCH v9 19/22] KVM: s390: Clear Crypto Control Block when using vSIE Tony Krowiak
2018-08-13 21:48 ` [PATCH v9 20/22] KVM: s390: Handling of Cypto control block in VSIE Tony Krowiak
2018-08-21 8:30 ` David Hildenbrand
2018-08-13 21:48 ` [PATCH v9 21/22] KVM: s390: CPU model support for AP virtualization Tony Krowiak
2018-08-20 14:26 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-21 8:03 ` David Hildenbrand
2018-08-22 11:19 ` David Hildenbrand
2018-08-22 11:24 ` David Hildenbrand
2018-08-22 20:16 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-23 7:44 ` David Hildenbrand
2018-08-23 10:00 ` Halil Pasic
2018-08-23 10:28 ` David Hildenbrand
2018-08-23 11:10 ` Pierre Morel
2018-08-23 11:12 ` David Hildenbrand
2018-08-23 12:47 ` Pierre Morel
2018-08-23 13:22 ` Halil Pasic
2018-08-23 13:38 ` David Hildenbrand
2018-08-23 14:59 ` Pierre Morel
2018-08-23 17:35 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-23 17:40 ` David Hildenbrand
2018-08-24 10:28 ` Halil Pasic
2018-08-22 14:33 ` Pierre Morel
2018-08-22 15:04 ` David Hildenbrand
2018-08-22 15:50 ` Pierre Morel
2018-08-22 16:57 ` David Hildenbrand
2018-08-22 21:05 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-23 7:42 ` David Hildenbrand
2018-08-22 20:54 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-23 7:48 ` David Hildenbrand
2018-08-23 8:24 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-09-12 17:42 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-09-17 7:57 ` David Hildenbrand [this message]
2018-08-23 8:26 ` Pierre Morel
2018-08-13 21:48 ` [PATCH v9 22/22] s390: doc: detailed specifications " Tony Krowiak
2018-08-20 16:03 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-20 20:16 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-21 16:13 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-21 19:21 ` Tony Krowiak
2018-08-21 18:54 ` Halil Pasic
2018-08-22 7:38 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-21 9:00 ` Harald Freudenberger
2018-08-21 15:53 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-22 7:04 ` Harald Freudenberger
2018-08-22 10:09 ` Cornelia Huck
2018-08-22 10:13 ` Harald Freudenberger
2018-08-22 10:45 ` Halil Pasic
2018-08-22 10:19 ` [PATCH v9 00/22] guest dedicated crypto adapters Cornelia Huck
2018-08-22 10:58 ` Pierre Morel
2018-08-22 18:59 ` Tony Krowiak
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