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[RFC,v2,5/9] KVM: KVM-VFIO: update user API to program forwarded IRQ

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Eric Auger Sept. 1, 2014, 12:52 p.m. UTC
add new device group commands:
- KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_FORWARD_IRQ and
  KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_UNFORWARD_IRQ

which enable to turn forwarded IRQ mode on/off.

the kvm_arch_forwarded_irq struct embodies a forwarded IRQ

Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@linaro.org>

---

v1 -> v2:
- struct kvm_arch_forwarded_irq moved from arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
  to include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
  also irq_index renamed into index and guest_irq renamed into gsi
- ASSIGN/DEASSIGN renamed into FORWARD/UNFORWARD
---
 Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/uapi/linux/kvm.h                   |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+)

Comments

Christoffer Dall Sept. 11, 2014, 3:10 a.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 02:52:44PM +0200, Eric Auger wrote:
> add new device group commands:
> - KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_FORWARD_IRQ and
>   KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_UNFORWARD_IRQ
> 
> which enable to turn forwarded IRQ mode on/off.
> 
> the kvm_arch_forwarded_irq struct embodies a forwarded IRQ
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@linaro.org>
> 
> ---
> 
> v1 -> v2:
> - struct kvm_arch_forwarded_irq moved from arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
>   to include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
>   also irq_index renamed into index and guest_irq renamed into gsi
> - ASSIGN/DEASSIGN renamed into FORWARD/UNFORWARD
> ---
>  Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/uapi/linux/kvm.h                   |  9 +++++++++
>  2 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt
> index ef51740..048baa0 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt
> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ VFIO-group is held by KVM.
>  
>  Groups:
>    KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP
> +  KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE
>  
>  KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP attributes:
>    KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_ADD: Add a VFIO group to VFIO-KVM device tracking
> @@ -20,3 +21,28 @@ KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP attributes:
>  
>  For each, kvm_device_attr.addr points to an int32_t file descriptor
>  for the VFIO group.
> +
> +KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE attributes:
> +  KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_FORWARD_IRQ
> +  KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_UNFORWARD_IRQ
> +
> +For each, kvm_device_attr.addr points to a kvm_arch_forwarded_irq struct.
> +This user API makes possible to create a special IRQ handling mode,

  KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_FORWARD_IRQ enables a special IRQ handling mode on
  hardware that supports it,

> +where KVM and a VFIO platform driver collaborate to improve IRQ
> +handling performance.
> +
> +'fd represents the file descriptor of a valid VFIO device whose physical

fd is described out of context here.  Can you copy the struct definition
into this document, perhaps right after the "For each, ..." line above.

> +IRQ, referenced by its index, is injected into the VM guest irq (gsi).
                                             as a virtual IRQ (specified
					     by the gsi field) into the
					     VM.

> +
> +On FORWARD_IRQ, KVM-VFIO device programs:
   When setting the  KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_FORWARD_IRQ attribute, the
   KVM-VFIO device tells the host (or VFIO?) to not complete the
   physical IRQ, and instead ensures that KVM (or the VM) completes the
   physical IRQ.

> +- the host, to not complete the physical IRQ itself.
> +- the GIC, to automatically complete the physical IRQ when the guest
> +  completes the virtual IRQ.

and drop this bullet form.

> +This avoids trapping the end-of-interrupt for level sensitive IRQ.

avoid this last line, it's specific to ARM.

> +
> +On UNFORWARD_IRQ, one returns to the mode where the host completes the
   When setting the KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_UNFORWARD_IRQ attribute, the
   host (VFIO?) will again complete the physical IRQ and KVM will not...
 
> +physical IRQ and the guest completes the virtual IRQ.
> +
> +It is up to the caller of this API to make sure the IRQ is not
> +outstanding when the FORWARD/UNFORWARD is called. This could lead to

outstanding? can you be specific?

don't refer to FOWARD/UNFORWARD, either refer to these attributes by
their full name or use a clear reference in proper English.

> +some inconsistency on who is going to complete the IRQ.

This sounds like the whole thing is fragile and if userspace doesn't do
things right, IRQ handling of a piece of hardware is going to be
inconsistent?  Is this the case?  If so, we need some stronger
semantics.  If not, this should be rephrased.

> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> index cf3a2ff..8cd7b0e 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> @@ -947,6 +947,12 @@ struct kvm_device_attr {
>  	__u64	addr;		/* userspace address of attr data */
>  };
>  
> +struct kvm_arch_forwarded_irq {
> +	__u32 fd; /* file desciptor of the VFIO device */
> +	__u32 index; /* VFIO device IRQ index */
> +	__u32 gsi; /* gsi, ie. virtual IRQ number */
> +};
> +
>  #define KVM_DEV_TYPE_FSL_MPIC_20	1
>  #define KVM_DEV_TYPE_FSL_MPIC_42	2
>  #define KVM_DEV_TYPE_XICS		3
> @@ -954,6 +960,9 @@ struct kvm_device_attr {
>  #define  KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP			1
>  #define   KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_ADD			1
>  #define   KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_DEL			2
> +#define  KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE			2
> +#define   KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_FORWARD_IRQ			1
> +#define   KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_UNFORWARD_IRQ			2
>  #define KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2	5
>  #define KVM_DEV_TYPE_FLIC		6
>  
> -- 
> 1.9.1
> 

Thanks,
-Christoffer
Eric Auger Sept. 11, 2014, 8:49 a.m. UTC | #2
On 09/11/2014 05:10 AM, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 02:52:44PM +0200, Eric Auger wrote:
>> add new device group commands:
>> - KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_FORWARD_IRQ and
>>   KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_UNFORWARD_IRQ
>>
>> which enable to turn forwarded IRQ mode on/off.
>>
>> the kvm_arch_forwarded_irq struct embodies a forwarded IRQ
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@linaro.org>
>>
>> ---
>>
>> v1 -> v2:
>> - struct kvm_arch_forwarded_irq moved from arch/arm/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
>>   to include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
>>   also irq_index renamed into index and guest_irq renamed into gsi
>> - ASSIGN/DEASSIGN renamed into FORWARD/UNFORWARD
>> ---
>>  Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  include/uapi/linux/kvm.h                   |  9 +++++++++
>>  2 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt
>> index ef51740..048baa0 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt
>> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ VFIO-group is held by KVM.
>>  
>>  Groups:
>>    KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP
>> +  KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE
>>  
>>  KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP attributes:
>>    KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_ADD: Add a VFIO group to VFIO-KVM device tracking
>> @@ -20,3 +21,28 @@ KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP attributes:
>>  
>>  For each, kvm_device_attr.addr points to an int32_t file descriptor
>>  for the VFIO group.
>> +
>> +KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE attributes:
>> +  KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_FORWARD_IRQ
>> +  KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_UNFORWARD_IRQ
>> +
>> +For each, kvm_device_attr.addr points to a kvm_arch_forwarded_irq struct.
>> +This user API makes possible to create a special IRQ handling mode,
> 
>   KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_FORWARD_IRQ enables a special IRQ handling mode on
>   hardware that supports it,
OK
> 
>> +where KVM and a VFIO platform driver collaborate to improve IRQ
>> +handling performance.
>> +
>> +'fd represents the file descriptor of a valid VFIO device whose physical
> 
> fd is described out of context here.  Can you copy the struct definition
> into this document, perhaps right after the "For each, ..." line above.
yes sure
> 
>> +IRQ, referenced by its index, is injected into the VM guest irq (gsi).
>                                              as a virtual IRQ (specified
> 					     by the gsi field) into the
> 					     VM.
> 
>> +
>> +On FORWARD_IRQ, KVM-VFIO device programs:
>    When setting the  KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_FORWARD_IRQ attribute, the
>    KVM-VFIO device tells the host (or VFIO?) to not complete the
>    physical IRQ, and instead ensures that KVM (or the VM) completes the
>    physical IRQ.
> 
>> +- the host, to not complete the physical IRQ itself.
>> +- the GIC, to automatically complete the physical IRQ when the guest
>> +  completes the virtual IRQ.
> 
> and drop this bullet form.
ok
> 
>> +This avoids trapping the end-of-interrupt for level sensitive IRQ.
> 
> avoid this last line, it's specific to ARM.
ok
> 
>> +
>> +On UNFORWARD_IRQ, one returns to the mode where the host completes the
>    When setting the KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_UNFORWARD_IRQ attribute, the
>    host (VFIO?) will again complete the physical IRQ and KVM will not...
>  
>> +physical IRQ and the guest completes the virtual IRQ.
>> +
>> +It is up to the caller of this API to make sure the IRQ is not
>> +outstanding when the FORWARD/UNFORWARD is called. This could lead to
> 
> outstanding? can you be specific?
active? and I should add *physical* IRQ
> 
> don't refer to FOWARD/UNFORWARD, either refer to these attributes by
> their full name or use a clear reference in proper English.
ok
> 
>> +some inconsistency on who is going to complete the IRQ.
> 
> This sounds like the whole thing is fragile and if userspace doesn't do
> things right, IRQ handling of a piece of hardware is going to be
> inconsistent?  Is this the case?  If so, we need some stronger
> semantics.  If not, this should be rephrased.
Actually the KVM-VFIO device rejects any attempt to change the
forwarding mode if the physical IRQ is active. So I hope this is robust
and will change the explanation.

Thanks

Eric
> 
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
>> index cf3a2ff..8cd7b0e 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
>> @@ -947,6 +947,12 @@ struct kvm_device_attr {
>>  	__u64	addr;		/* userspace address of attr data */
>>  };
>>  
>> +struct kvm_arch_forwarded_irq {
>> +	__u32 fd; /* file desciptor of the VFIO device */
>> +	__u32 index; /* VFIO device IRQ index */
>> +	__u32 gsi; /* gsi, ie. virtual IRQ number */
>> +};
>> +
>>  #define KVM_DEV_TYPE_FSL_MPIC_20	1
>>  #define KVM_DEV_TYPE_FSL_MPIC_42	2
>>  #define KVM_DEV_TYPE_XICS		3
>> @@ -954,6 +960,9 @@ struct kvm_device_attr {
>>  #define  KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP			1
>>  #define   KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_ADD			1
>>  #define   KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_DEL			2
>> +#define  KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE			2
>> +#define   KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_FORWARD_IRQ			1
>> +#define   KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_UNFORWARD_IRQ			2
>>  #define KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2	5
>>  #define KVM_DEV_TYPE_FLIC		6
>>  
>> -- 
>> 1.9.1
>>
> 
> Thanks,
> -Christoffer
>
Christoffer Dall Sept. 11, 2014, 5:08 p.m. UTC | #3
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 10:49:08AM +0200, Eric Auger wrote:
> On 09/11/2014 05:10 AM, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 01, 2014 at 02:52:44PM +0200, Eric Auger wrote:

[...]

> >> +
> >> +It is up to the caller of this API to make sure the IRQ is not
> >> +outstanding when the FORWARD/UNFORWARD is called. This could lead to
> > 
> > outstanding? can you be specific?
> active? and I should add *physical* IRQ
> > 
> > don't refer to FOWARD/UNFORWARD, either refer to these attributes by
> > their full name or use a clear reference in proper English.
> ok
> > 
> >> +some inconsistency on who is going to complete the IRQ.
> > 
> > This sounds like the whole thing is fragile and if userspace doesn't do
> > things right, IRQ handling of a piece of hardware is going to be
> > inconsistent?  Is this the case?  If so, we need some stronger
> > semantics.  If not, this should be rephrased.
> Actually the KVM-VFIO device rejects any attempt to change the
> forwarding mode if the physical IRQ is active. So I hope this is robust
> and will change the explanation.
> 
ok, so what is the proposed method if the IRQ is indeed active, should
user space loop around and try or can user space make sure somehow?  If
user space should simply retry for a number of times, we should probalby
return a proper error code for this case -EINTR?

-Christoffer
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Patch

diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt
index ef51740..048baa0 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vfio.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@  VFIO-group is held by KVM.
 
 Groups:
   KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP
+  KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE
 
 KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP attributes:
   KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_ADD: Add a VFIO group to VFIO-KVM device tracking
@@ -20,3 +21,28 @@  KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP attributes:
 
 For each, kvm_device_attr.addr points to an int32_t file descriptor
 for the VFIO group.
+
+KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE attributes:
+  KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_FORWARD_IRQ
+  KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_UNFORWARD_IRQ
+
+For each, kvm_device_attr.addr points to a kvm_arch_forwarded_irq struct.
+This user API makes possible to create a special IRQ handling mode,
+where KVM and a VFIO platform driver collaborate to improve IRQ
+handling performance.
+
+fd represents the file descriptor of a valid VFIO device whose physical
+IRQ, referenced by its index, is injected into the VM guest irq (gsi).
+
+On FORWARD_IRQ, KVM-VFIO device programs:
+- the host, to not complete the physical IRQ itself.
+- the GIC, to automatically complete the physical IRQ when the guest
+  completes the virtual IRQ.
+This avoids trapping the end-of-interrupt for level sensitive IRQ.
+
+On UNFORWARD_IRQ, one returns to the mode where the host completes the
+physical IRQ and the guest completes the virtual IRQ.
+
+It is up to the caller of this API to make sure the IRQ is not
+outstanding when the FORWARD/UNFORWARD is called. This could lead to
+some inconsistency on who is going to complete the IRQ.
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index cf3a2ff..8cd7b0e 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -947,6 +947,12 @@  struct kvm_device_attr {
 	__u64	addr;		/* userspace address of attr data */
 };
 
+struct kvm_arch_forwarded_irq {
+	__u32 fd; /* file desciptor of the VFIO device */
+	__u32 index; /* VFIO device IRQ index */
+	__u32 gsi; /* gsi, ie. virtual IRQ number */
+};
+
 #define KVM_DEV_TYPE_FSL_MPIC_20	1
 #define KVM_DEV_TYPE_FSL_MPIC_42	2
 #define KVM_DEV_TYPE_XICS		3
@@ -954,6 +960,9 @@  struct kvm_device_attr {
 #define  KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP			1
 #define   KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_ADD			1
 #define   KVM_DEV_VFIO_GROUP_DEL			2
+#define  KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE			2
+#define   KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_FORWARD_IRQ			1
+#define   KVM_DEV_VFIO_DEVICE_UNFORWARD_IRQ			2
 #define KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2	5
 #define KVM_DEV_TYPE_FLIC		6