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authorChristoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@linaro.org>2013-10-25 21:17:31 +0100
committerChristoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@linaro.org>2013-12-21 10:01:39 -0800
commitc07a0191ef2de1f9510f12d1f88e3b0b5cd8d66f (patch)
tree0f598e9d286a8d48d0c4aeeb43163cb7fff9825f /Documentation/virtual
parente9b152cb957cb194437f37e79f0f3c9d34fe53d6 (diff)
KVM: arm-vgic: Add vgic reg access from dev attr
Add infrastructure to handle distributor and cpu interface register accesses through the KVM_{GET/SET}_DEVICE_ATTR interface by adding the KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_DIST_REGS and KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CPU_REGS groups and defining the semantics of the attr field to be the MMIO offset as specified in the GICv2 specs. Missing register accesses or other changes in individual register access functions to support save/restore of the VGIC state is added in subsequent patches. Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@linaro.org>
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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt
index c9febb2a0c3e..7f4e91b1316b 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic.txt
@@ -19,3 +19,55 @@ Groups:
KVM_VGIC_V2_ADDR_TYPE_CPU (rw, 64-bit)
Base address in the guest physical address space of the GIC virtual cpu
interface register mappings.
+
+ KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_DIST_REGS
+ Attributes:
+ The attr field of kvm_device_attr encodes two values:
+ bits: | 63 .... 40 | 39 .. 32 | 31 .... 0 |
+ values: | reserved | cpu id | offset |
+
+ All distributor regs are (rw, 32-bit)
+
+ The offset is relative to the "Distributor base address" as defined in the
+ GICv2 specs. Getting or setting such a register has the same effect as
+ reading or writing the register on the actual hardware from the cpu
+ specified with cpu id field. Note that most distributor fields are not
+ banked, but return the same value regardless of the cpu id used to access
+ the register.
+ Limitations:
+ - Priorities are not implemented, and registers are RAZ/WI
+ Errors:
+ -ENODEV: Getting or setting this register is not yet supported
+ -EBUSY: One or more VCPUs are running
+
+ KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_CPU_REGS
+ Attributes:
+ The attr field of kvm_device_attr encodes two values:
+ bits: | 63 .... 40 | 39 .. 32 | 31 .... 0 |
+ values: | reserved | cpu id | offset |
+
+ All CPU interface regs are (rw, 32-bit)
+
+ The offset specifies the offset from the "CPU interface base address" as
+ defined in the GICv2 specs. Getting or setting such a register has the
+ same effect as reading or writing the register on the actual hardware.
+
+ The Active Priorities Registers APRn are implementation defined, so we set a
+ fixed format for our implementation that fits with the model of a "GICv2
+ implementation without the security extensions" which we present to the
+ guest. This interface always exposes four register APR[0-3] describing the
+ maximum possible 128 preemption levels. The semantics of the register
+ indicate if any interrupts in a given preemption level are in the active
+ state by setting the corresponding bit.
+
+ Thus, preemption level X has one or more active interrupts if and only if:
+
+ APRn[X mod 32] == 0b1, where n = X / 32
+
+ Bits for undefined preemption levels are RAZ/WI.
+
+ Limitations:
+ - Priorities are not implemented, and registers are RAZ/WI
+ Errors:
+ -ENODEV: Getting or setting this register is not yet supported
+ -EBUSY: One or more VCPUs are running