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From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
To: Claudio Carvalho <cclaudio@linux.ibm.com>, linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org
Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Michael Anderson <andmike@linux.ibm.com>,
	Ram Pai <linuxram@us.ibm.com>,
	kvm-ppc@vger.kernel.org, Bharata B Rao <bharata@linux.ibm.com>,
	Ryan Grimm <grimm@linux.ibm.com>,
	Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Thiago Bauermann <bauerman@linux.ibm.com>,
	Anshuman Khandual <khandual@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/8] powerpc: Introduce FW_FEATURE_ULTRAVISOR
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 14:10:08 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <878st09bvj.fsf@concordia.ellerman.id.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4da093e5-14ea-963b-9e8d-a6ba2aa4678f@linux.ibm.com>

Claudio Carvalho <cclaudio@linux.ibm.com> writes:
> On 7/11/19 9:57 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> Claudio Carvalho <cclaudio@linux.ibm.com> writes:
>>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ultravisor.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ultravisor.h
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 000000000000..e5009b0d84ea
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ultravisor.h
>>> @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
>>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
>>> +/*
>>> + * Ultravisor definitions
>>> + *
>>> + * Copyright 2019, IBM Corporation.
>>> + *
>>> + */
>>> +#ifndef _ASM_POWERPC_ULTRAVISOR_H
>>> +#define _ASM_POWERPC_ULTRAVISOR_H
>>> +
>>> +/* Internal functions */
>>> +extern int early_init_dt_scan_ultravisor(unsigned long node, const char *uname,
>>> +					 int depth, void *data);
>> Please don't use extern in new headers.
>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ultravisor.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ultravisor.c
>>> new file mode 100644
>>> index 000000000000..dc6021f63c97
>>> --- /dev/null
>>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ultravisor.c
>> Is there a reason this (and other later files) aren't in platforms/powernv ?
>
> Yes, there is.
> https://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm-ppc/msg14998.html
>
> We also need to do ucalls from a secure guest and its kernel may not
> have CONFIG_PPC_POWERNV=y. I can make it clear in the commit message.

OK, sorry I missed Paul's comment. Yeah that is obviously a valid reason :)

>>> @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
>>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
>>> +/*
>>> + * Ultravisor high level interfaces
>>> + *
>>> + * Copyright 2019, IBM Corporation.
>>> + *
>>> + */
>>> +#include <linux/init.h>
>>> +#include <linux/printk.h>
>>> +#include <linux/string.h>
>>> +
>>> +#include <asm/ultravisor.h>
>>> +#include <asm/firmware.h>
>>> +
>>> +int __init early_init_dt_scan_ultravisor(unsigned long node, const char *uname,
>>> +					 int depth, void *data)
>>> +{
>>> +	if (depth != 1 || strcmp(uname, "ibm,ultravisor") != 0)
>>> +		return 0;
>> I know you're following the example of OPAL, but this is not the best
>> way to search for the ultravisor node.
>>
>> It makes the location and name of the node part of the ABI, when there's
>> no need for it to be.
>>
>> If instead you just scan the tree for a node that is *compatible* with
>> "ibm,ultravisor" (or whatever compatible string) then the node can be
>> placed any where in the tree and have any name, which gives us the most
>> flexibility in future to change the location of the device tree node.
>
> I will do that in the next version.

Excellent, thanks.

cheers

  reply	other threads:[~2019-07-15  4:12 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-06-28 20:08 [PATCH v4 0/8] kvmppc: Paravirtualize KVM to support ultravisor Claudio Carvalho
2019-06-28 20:08 ` [PATCH v4 1/8] KVM: PPC: Ultravisor: Introduce the MSR_S bit Claudio Carvalho
2019-07-08 17:38   ` janani
2019-07-11 12:57   ` Michael Ellerman
2019-07-12  0:59     ` Nicholas Piggin
2019-07-12  0:57   ` Nicholas Piggin
2019-07-12  6:29     ` Michael Ellerman
2019-07-12 21:07     ` Claudio Carvalho
2019-06-28 20:08 ` [PATCH v4 2/8] powerpc: Introduce FW_FEATURE_ULTRAVISOR Claudio Carvalho
2019-07-08 17:40   ` janani
2019-07-11 12:57   ` Michael Ellerman
2019-07-12 18:01     ` Claudio Carvalho
2019-07-15  4:10       ` Michael Ellerman [this message]
2019-06-28 20:08 ` [PATCH v4 3/8] KVM: PPC: Ultravisor: Add generic ultravisor call handler Claudio Carvalho
2019-07-08 17:55   ` janani
2019-07-11 12:57   ` Michael Ellerman
2019-07-13 17:42     ` Claudio Carvalho
2019-07-15  4:46       ` Michael Ellerman
2019-07-12  1:18   ` Nicholas Piggin
2019-06-28 20:08 ` [PATCH v4 4/8] KVM: PPC: Ultravisor: Use UV_WRITE_PATE ucall to register a PATE Claudio Carvalho
2019-07-08 17:57   ` janani
2019-07-11 12:57   ` Michael Ellerman
2019-07-17 14:59     ` Ryan Grimm
2019-07-18 21:25     ` Claudio Carvalho
2019-07-19  2:25       ` Michael Ellerman
2019-06-28 20:08 ` [PATCH v4 5/8] KVM: PPC: Ultravisor: Restrict flush of the partition tlb cache Claudio Carvalho
2019-07-01  5:54   ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2019-07-08 20:05     ` Claudio Carvalho
2019-07-08 19:54   ` janani
2019-07-10 17:09     ` Ram Pai
2019-06-28 20:08 ` [PATCH v4 6/8] KVM: PPC: Ultravisor: Restrict LDBAR access Claudio Carvalho
2019-07-01  5:54   ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2019-07-01  6:17     ` maddy
2019-07-01  6:30       ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2019-07-01  6:46         ` Ram Pai
2019-07-13 17:56           ` Claudio Carvalho
2019-07-08 20:22   ` janani
2019-07-11 12:57   ` Michael Ellerman
2019-07-15  0:38     ` Claudio Carvalho
2019-06-28 20:08 ` [PATCH v4 7/8] KVM: PPC: Ultravisor: Enter a secure guest Claudio Carvalho
2019-07-08 20:53   ` janani
2019-07-08 20:52     ` Claudio Carvalho
2019-07-11 12:57   ` Michael Ellerman
2019-07-18  2:47     ` Sukadev Bhattiprolu
2019-07-22 11:05       ` Michael Ellerman
2019-07-12  2:03   ` Nicholas Piggin
2019-06-28 20:08 ` [PATCH v4 8/8] KVM: PPC: Ultravisor: Check for MSR_S during hv_reset_msr Claudio Carvalho
2019-07-08 20:54   ` janani
2019-07-11 12:57   ` Michael Ellerman

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