From: Alexander Graf <agraf@suse.de>
To: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: "<kvm@vger.kernel.org> list" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>,
kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org, Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/11 Allow PR and HV KVM to coexist in one kernel
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 12:16:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48337EF0-471D-4BDB-8088-FC072FF82753@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878uyibkq2.fsf@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
On 27.09.2013, at 12:52, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> writes:
>=20
>> Hi All,
>>=20
>> This patch series support enabling HV and PR KVM together in the same =
kernel. We
>> extend machine property with new property "kvm_type". A value of 1 =
will force HV
>> KVM and 2 PR KVM. The default value is 0 which will select the =
fastest KVM mode.
>> ie, HV if that is supported otherwise PR.
>>=20
>> With Qemu command line having
>>=20
>> -machine pseries,accel=3Dkvm,kvm_type=3D1
>>=20
>> [root@llmp24l02 qemu]# bash ../qemu
>> failed to initialize KVM: Invalid argument
>> [root@llmp24l02 qemu]# modprobe kvm-pr
>> [root@llmp24l02 qemu]# bash ../qemu
>> failed to initialize KVM: Invalid argument
>> [root@llmp24l02 qemu]# modprobe kvm-hv
>> [root@llmp24l02 qemu]# bash ../qemu
>>=20
>> now with
>>=20
>> -machine pseries,accel=3Dkvm,kvm_type=3D2
>>=20
>> [root@llmp24l02 qemu]# rmmod kvm-pr
>> [root@llmp24l02 qemu]# bash ../qemu
>> failed to initialize KVM: Invalid argument
>> [root@llmp24l02 qemu]#
>> [root@llmp24l02 qemu]# modprobe kvm-pr
>> [root@llmp24l02 qemu]# bash ../qemu
>>=20
>> if don't specify kvm_type machine property, it will take a default =
value 0,
>> which means fastest supported.
>=20
> Related qemu patch
>=20
> commit 8d139053177d48a70cb710b211ea4c2843eccdfb
> Author: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Date: Mon Sep 23 12:28:37 2013 +0530
>=20
> kvm: Add a new machine property kvm_type
>=20
> Targets like ppc64 support different type of KVM, one which use
> hypervisor mode and the other which doesn't. Add a new machine
> property kvm_type that helps in selecting the respective ones
>=20
> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
This really is too early, as we can't possibly run in HV mode for =
non-pseries machines, so the interpretation (or at least sanity =
checking) of what values are reasonable should occur in the machine. =
That's why it's a variable in the "machine opts".
Also, users don't want to say type=3D0. They want to say type=3DPR or =
type=3DHV or type=3DHV,PR. In fact, can't you make this a property of =
-accel? Then it's truly accel specific and everything should be well.
Alex
>=20
> diff --git a/kvm-all.c b/kvm-all.c
> index b87215c..a061eda 100644
> --- a/kvm-all.c
> +++ b/kvm-all.c
> @@ -1350,7 +1350,7 @@ int kvm_init(void)
> KVMState *s;
> const KVMCapabilityInfo *missing_cap;
> int ret;
> - int i;
> + int i, kvm_type;
> int max_vcpus;
>=20
> s =3D g_malloc0(sizeof(KVMState));
> @@ -1407,7 +1407,8 @@ int kvm_init(void)
> goto err;
> }
>=20
> - s->vmfd =3D kvm_ioctl(s, KVM_CREATE_VM, 0);
> + kvm_type =3D qemu_opt_get_number(qemu_get_machine_opts(), =
"kvm_type", 0);
> + s->vmfd =3D kvm_ioctl(s, KVM_CREATE_VM, kvm_type);
> if (s->vmfd < 0) {
> #ifdef TARGET_S390X
> fprintf(stderr, "Please add the 'switch_amode' kernel =
parameter to "
> diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
> index 4e709d5..4374b17 100644
> --- a/vl.c
> +++ b/vl.c
> @@ -427,7 +427,12 @@ static QemuOptsList qemu_machine_opts =3D {
> .name =3D "usb",
> .type =3D QEMU_OPT_BOOL,
> .help =3D "Set on/off to enable/disable usb",
> + },{
> + .name =3D "kvm_type",
> + .type =3D QEMU_OPT_NUMBER,
> + .help =3D "Set to kvm type to be used in create vm =
ioctl",
> },
> +
> { /* End of list */ }
> },
> };
>=20
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-09-30 10:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 50+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-09-27 10:03 [RFC PATCH 00/11 Allow PR and HV KVM to coexist in one kernel Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-27 10:03 ` [RFC PATCH 01/11] kvm: powerpc: book3s hv: Fix vcore leak Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-27 11:39 ` Alexander Graf
2013-09-27 10:03 ` [RFC PATCH 02/11] kvm: powerpc: book3s: remove kvmppc_handler_highmem label Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-27 10:03 ` [RFC PATCH 03/11] kvm: powerpc: book3s: move book3s_64_vio_hv.c into the main kernel binary Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-27 10:03 ` [RFC PATCH 04/11] kvm: powerpc: book3s: Add a new config variable CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_HV Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-27 11:43 ` Alexander Graf
2013-09-27 12:45 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-27 10:03 ` [RFC PATCH 05/11] kvm: powerpc: book3s: Add kvmppc_ops callback for HV and PR specific operations Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-27 12:04 ` Alexander Graf
2013-09-27 12:52 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-27 10:03 ` [RFC PATCH 06/11] kvm: powerpc: book3s: Add is_hv_enabled to kvmppc_ops Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-27 12:18 ` Alexander Graf
2013-09-27 13:03 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-30 10:09 ` Alexander Graf
2013-09-30 12:56 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-30 14:51 ` Alexander Graf
2013-09-30 16:20 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-30 16:36 ` Alexander Graf
2013-09-27 10:03 ` [RFC PATCH 07/11] kvm: powerpc: book3s: pr: move PR related tracepoints to a separate header Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-27 12:22 ` Alexander Graf
2013-09-27 13:06 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-30 10:02 ` Alexander Graf
2013-09-30 12:57 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-30 14:51 ` Alexander Graf
2013-09-30 15:53 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-30 15:55 ` Alexander Graf
2013-09-27 10:03 ` [RFC PATCH 08/11] kvm: powerpc: book3s: Support building HV and PR KVM as module Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-27 12:25 ` Alexander Graf
2013-09-27 13:08 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-30 10:04 ` Alexander Graf
2013-09-30 12:57 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-27 10:03 ` [RFC PATCH 09/11] kvm: simplify processor compat check Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-27 12:31 ` Alexander Graf
2013-09-27 13:13 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-27 15:14 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-09-28 15:36 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-29 8:58 ` Gleb Natapov
2013-09-29 15:05 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-29 15:11 ` Gleb Natapov
2013-09-27 10:03 ` [RFC PATCH 10/11] kvm: powerpc: book3s: Allow the HV and PR selection per virtual machine Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-27 10:03 ` [RFC PATCH 11/11] kvm: powerpc: book3s: Fix module ownership Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-27 10:52 ` [RFC PATCH 00/11 Allow PR and HV KVM to coexist in one kernel Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-30 10:16 ` Alexander Graf [this message]
2013-09-30 13:09 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-09-30 14:54 ` Alexander Graf
2013-10-01 11:26 ` Aneesh Kumar K.V
2013-10-01 11:36 ` Alexander Graf
2013-10-01 11:41 ` Paolo Bonzini
2013-10-01 11:43 ` Alexander Graf
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