From: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
To: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>,
Nuno Das Neves <nunodasneves@linux.microsoft.com>,
linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mikelley@microsoft.com,
viremana@linux.microsoft.com, sunilmut@microsoft.com,
ligrassi@microsoft.com, kys@microsoft.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 04/18] virt/mshv: request version ioctl
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2021 14:19:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210407141922.ksxdngftdaruhnki@liuwe-devbox-debian-v2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <875z0ychv3.fsf@vitty.brq.redhat.com>
On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 04:02:56PM +0200, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org> writes:
>
> > On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 09:38:21AM +0200, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> >
> >> One more though: it is probably a good idea to introduce selftests for
> >> /dev/mshv (similar to KVM's selftests in
> >> /tools/testing/selftests/kvm). Selftests don't really need a stable ABI
> >> as they live in the same linux.git and can be updated in the same patch
> >> series which changes /dev/mshv behavior. Selftests are very useful for
> >> checking there are no regressions, especially in the situation when
> >> there's no publicly available userspace for /dev/mshv.
> >
> > I think this can wait until we merge the first implementation in tree.
> > There are still a lot of moving parts. Our (currently limited) internal
> > test cases need more cleaning up before they are ready. I certainly
> > don't want to distract Nuno from getting the foundation right.
> >
>
> I'm absolutely fine with this approach, selftests are a nice add-on, not
> a requirement for the initial implementation. Also, to make them more
> useful to mere mortals, a doc on how to run Linux as root Hyper-V
> partition would come handy)
Making this system easier for others to use and consume is on our radar.
Currently you need Windows bootloader and a not-yet-released loader to
load the hypervisor. We're making progress in bringing in GRUB.
Needless to say there are technical and non-technical challenges for
this work, so don't expect it to happen very soon. :-)
Wei.
>
> --
> Vitaly
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-04-07 14:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 53+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-21 0:30 [RFC PATCH 00/18] Microsoft Hypervisor root partition ioctl interface Nuno Das Neves
2020-11-21 0:30 ` [RFC PATCH 01/18] x86/hyperv: convert hyperv statuses to linux error codes Nuno Das Neves
2021-02-09 13:04 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-03-04 18:24 ` Nuno Das Neves
2020-11-21 0:30 ` [RFC PATCH 02/18] asm-generic/hyperv: convert hyperv statuses to strings Nuno Das Neves
2020-11-21 0:30 ` [RFC PATCH 03/18] virt/mshv: minimal mshv module (/dev/mshv/) Nuno Das Neves
2020-11-21 0:30 ` [RFC PATCH 04/18] virt/mshv: request version ioctl Nuno Das Neves
2021-02-08 19:41 ` Michael Kelley
2021-03-04 21:35 ` Nuno Das Neves
2021-02-09 13:11 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-03-04 18:43 ` Nuno Das Neves
2021-03-05 9:18 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-04-07 0:21 ` Nuno Das Neves
2021-04-07 7:38 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-04-07 13:43 ` Wei Liu
2021-04-07 14:02 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-04-07 14:19 ` Wei Liu [this message]
2020-11-21 0:30 ` [RFC PATCH 05/18] virt/mshv: create partition ioctl Nuno Das Neves
2021-02-09 13:15 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-03-04 18:44 ` Nuno Das Neves
2020-11-21 0:30 ` [RFC PATCH 06/18] virt/mshv: create, initialize, finalize, delete partition hypercalls Nuno Das Neves
2021-02-08 19:42 ` Michael Kelley
2021-03-04 23:49 ` Nuno Das Neves
2021-03-04 23:58 ` Michael Kelley
2020-11-21 0:30 ` [RFC PATCH 07/18] virt/mshv: withdraw memory hypercall Nuno Das Neves
2021-02-08 19:44 ` Michael Kelley
2021-03-05 21:01 ` Nuno Das Neves
2020-11-21 0:30 ` [RFC PATCH 08/18] virt/mshv: map and unmap guest memory Nuno Das Neves
2021-02-08 19:45 ` Michael Kelley
2021-03-08 19:14 ` Nuno Das Neves
2021-03-08 19:30 ` Michael Kelley
2020-11-21 0:30 ` [RFC PATCH 09/18] virt/mshv: create vcpu ioctl Nuno Das Neves
2020-11-21 0:30 ` [RFC PATCH 10/18] virt/mshv: get and set vcpu registers ioctls Nuno Das Neves
2021-02-08 19:47 ` Michael Kelley
2021-03-09 1:39 ` Nuno Das Neves
2020-11-21 0:30 ` [RFC PATCH 11/18] virt/mshv: set up synic pages for intercept messages Nuno Das Neves
2021-02-08 19:47 ` Michael Kelley
2021-03-11 19:37 ` Nuno Das Neves
2021-03-11 20:45 ` Michael Kelley
2020-11-21 0:30 ` [RFC PATCH 12/18] virt/mshv: run vp ioctl and isr Nuno Das Neves
2020-11-24 16:15 ` Wei Liu
2020-11-21 0:30 ` [RFC PATCH 13/18] virt/mshv: install intercept ioctl Nuno Das Neves
2020-11-21 0:30 ` [RFC PATCH 14/18] virt/mshv: assert interrupt ioctl Nuno Das Neves
2020-11-21 0:30 ` [RFC PATCH 15/18] virt/mshv: get and set vp state ioctls Nuno Das Neves
2021-02-08 19:48 ` Michael Kelley
2021-03-11 23:38 ` Nuno Das Neves
2020-11-21 0:30 ` [RFC PATCH 16/18] virt/mshv: mmap vp register page Nuno Das Neves
2021-02-08 19:49 ` Michael Kelley
2021-03-25 17:36 ` Nuno Das Neves
2020-11-21 0:30 ` [RFC PATCH 17/18] virt/mshv: get and set partition property ioctls Nuno Das Neves
2020-11-21 0:30 ` [RFC PATCH 18/18] virt/mshv: Add enlightenment bits to create partition ioctl Nuno Das Neves
2020-11-24 16:18 ` [RFC PATCH 00/18] Microsoft Hypervisor root partition ioctl interface Wei Liu
2021-02-08 19:40 ` Michael Kelley
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