[PATCH v7 04/15] x86/HVM: Hardware alternate p2m support detection.

[Ed White <edmund.h.white@intel.com>]

As implemented here, only supported on platforms with VMX HAP.

By default this functionality is force-disabled, it can be enabled
by specifying altp2m=1 on the Xen command line.

Signed-off-by: Ed White <edmund.h.white@intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>
---
Changes since v6:
        no changes

 docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown | 7 +++++++
 xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c              | 7 +++++++
 xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c          | 1 +
 xen/include/asm-x86/hvm/hvm.h       | 9 +++++++++
 4 files changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
index 70d7ab8..7bdcfff 100644
--- a/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
+++ b/docs/misc/xen-command-line.markdown
@@ -140,6 +140,13 @@ mode during S3 resume.
 
 Permit Xen to use superpages when performing memory management.
 
+### altp2m (Intel)
+> `= <boolean>`
+
+> Default: `false`
+
+Permit multiple copies of host p2m.
+
 ### apic
 > `= bigsmp | default`
 
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c
index c07e3ef..eafaf9d 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/hvm.c
@@ -96,6 +96,10 @@ bool_t opt_hvm_fep;
 boolean_param("hvm_fep", opt_hvm_fep);
 #endif
 
+/* Xen command-line option to enable altp2m */
+static bool_t __initdata opt_altp2m_enabled = 0;
+boolean_param("altp2m", opt_altp2m_enabled);
+
 static int cpu_callback(
     struct notifier_block *nfb, unsigned long action, void *hcpu)
 {
@@ -162,6 +166,9 @@ static int __init hvm_enable(void)
     if ( !fns->pvh_supported )
         printk(XENLOG_INFO "HVM: PVH mode not supported on this platform\n");
 
+    if ( !opt_altp2m_enabled )
+        hvm_funcs.altp2m_supported = 0;
+
     /*
      * Allow direct access to the PC debug ports 0x80 and 0xed (they are
      * often used for I/O delays, but the vmexits simply slow things down).
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c
index d3183a8..4f8b0e0 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -1847,6 +1847,7 @@ const struct hvm_function_table * __init start_vmx(void)
     if ( cpu_has_vmx_ept && (cpu_has_vmx_pat || opt_force_ept) )
     {
         vmx_function_table.hap_supported = 1;
+        vmx_function_table.altp2m_supported = 1;
 
         vmx_function_table.hap_capabilities = 0;
 
diff --git a/xen/include/asm-x86/hvm/hvm.h b/xen/include/asm-x86/hvm/hvm.h
index 82f1b32..3a94f8c 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-x86/hvm/hvm.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/hvm/hvm.h
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ struct hvm_function_table {
     /* Necessary hardware support for PVH mode? */
     int pvh_supported;
 
+    /* Necessary hardware support for alternate p2m's? */
+    bool_t altp2m_supported;
+
     /* Indicate HAP capabilities. */
     int hap_capabilities;
 
@@ -530,6 +533,12 @@ static inline bool_t hvm_is_singlestep_supported(void)
             hvm_funcs.is_singlestep_supported());
 }
 
+/* returns true if hardware supports alternate p2m's */
+static inline bool_t hvm_altp2m_supported(void)
+{
+    return hvm_funcs.altp2m_supported;
+}
+
 #ifndef NDEBUG
 /* Permit use of the Forced Emulation Prefix in HVM guests */
 extern bool_t opt_hvm_fep;
-- 
1.9.1