Re: [PATCH 06/55] KVM: Per-architecture hypercall definitions

From: Pavel Machek
Date: Wed Dec 26 2007 - 14:32:50 EST


Hi!

> Currently kvm provides hypercalls only for x86* architectures. To
> provide hypercall infrastructure for other kvm architectures I split
> kvm_para.h into a generic header file and architecture specific
> definitions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/asm-x86/kvm_para.h | 105 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> include/linux/kvm_para.h | 105 +++++---------------------------------------
> 2 files changed, 117 insertions(+), 93 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 include/asm-x86/kvm_para.h
>
> diff --git a/include/asm-x86/kvm_para.h b/include/asm-x86/kvm_para.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..c6f3fd8
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/asm-x86/kvm_para.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
> +#ifndef __X86_KVM_PARA_H
> +#define __X86_KVM_PARA_H
> +
> +/* This CPUID returns the signature 'KVMKVMKVM' in ebx, ecx, and edx. It
> + * should be used to determine that a VM is running under KVM.
> + */
> +#define KVM_CPUID_SIGNATURE 0x40000000

so it returns 'KVMKVMKVM' in %rax, too?

> +/* For KVM hypercalls, a three-byte sequence of either the vmrun or the vmmrun
> + * instruction. The hypervisor may replace it with something else but only the
> + * instructions are guaranteed to be supported.
> + *
> + * Up to four arguments may be passed in rbx, rcx, rdx, and rsi respectively.
> + * The hypercall number should be placed in rax and the return

rax? First, this file is shared with i386, AFAICT.

> + * placed in rax. No other registers will be clobbered unless explicited
> + * noted by the particular hypercall.
> + */
> +
> +static inline long kvm_hypercall0(unsigned int nr)
> +{
> + long ret;
> + asm volatile(KVM_HYPERCALL
> + : "=a"(ret)
> + : "a"(nr));

Second, if it is to be placed in rax, nr should be unsigned long?


> +static inline int kvm_para_available(void)
> +{
> + unsigned int eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
> + char signature[13];
> +
> + cpuid(KVM_CPUID_SIGNATURE, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
> + memcpy(signature + 0, &ebx, 4);
> + memcpy(signature + 4, &ecx, 4);
> + memcpy(signature + 8, &edx, 4);

> + signature[12] = 0;
> +
ebx|ecx|ed
> + if (strcmp(signature, "KVMKVMKVM") == 0)
> + return 1;

Should the comment say

> +/* This CPUID returns the signature 'KVMKVMKVM\0\0\0' in ebx, ecx, and edx. It
> + * should be used to determine that a VM is running under KVM.
> + */

Plus, I'd use memcmp, and actually test for those zeros, too.

...which probably can be done later, as this is pure move...
Pavel
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