Re: [PATCH] x86/hvm: Widen condition for is_hvm_pv_evtchn_vcpu()

[Jane Malalane <Jane.Malalane@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 13/05/2022 16:39, Roger Pau Monné wrote:
> On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 04:14:23PM +0100, Jane Malalane wrote:
>> Have is_hvm_pv_evtchn_vcpu() return true for vector callbacks for
>> evtchn delivery set up on a per-vCPU basis via
>> HVMOP_set_evtchn_upcall_vector.
>>
>> is_hvm_pv_evtchn_vcpu() returning true is a condition for setting up
>> physical IRQ to event channel mappings.
> 
> I would add something like:
> 
> The naming of the CPUID bit is a bit generic about upcall support
> being available.  That's done so that the define name doesn't get
> overly long like XEN_HVM_CPUID_UPCALL_VECTOR_SUPPORTS_PIRQ or some
> such.
> 
> Guests that don't care about physical interrupts routed over event
> channels can just test for the availability of the hypercall directly
> (HVMOP_set_evtchn_upcall_vector) without checking the CPUID bit.
> 
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Jane Malalane <jane.malalane@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> CC: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: "Roger Pau Monné" <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: Wei Liu <wl@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>   xen/arch/x86/include/asm/domain.h   | 8 +++++++-
>>   xen/arch/x86/traps.c                | 3 +++
>>   xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpuid.h | 2 ++
>>   3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/domain.h 
>> b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/domain.h
>> index 35898d725f..f044e0a492 100644
>> --- a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/domain.h
>> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/domain.h
>> @@ -14,8 +14,14 @@
>>   
>>   #define has_32bit_shinfo(d)    ((d)->arch.has_32bit_shinfo)
>>   
>> +/*
>> + * Set to true if either the global vector-type callback or per-vCPU
>> + * LAPIC vectors are used. Assume all vCPUs will use
> 
> I think you should remove LAPIC here.  There's no such thing as 'LAPIC
> vectors', it's just that the old mechanism was bypassing the lapic
> EOI.
> 
>> + * HVMOP_set_evtchn_upcall_vector as long as the initial vCPU does.
>> + */
>>   #define is_hvm_pv_evtchn_domain(d) (is_hvm_domain(d) && \
>> -        (d)->arch.hvm.irq->callback_via_type == HVMIRQ_callback_vector)
>> +        ((d)->arch.hvm.irq->callback_via_type == HVMIRQ_callback_vector || \
>> +         (d)->vcpu[0]->arch.hvm.evtchn_upcall_vector))
>>   #define is_hvm_pv_evtchn_vcpu(v) (is_hvm_pv_evtchn_domain(v->domain))
>>   #define is_domain_direct_mapped(d) ((void)(d), 0)
>>   
>> diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/traps.c b/xen/arch/x86/traps.c
>> index 25bffe47d7..2c51faab2c 100644
>> --- a/xen/arch/x86/traps.c
>> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/traps.c
>> @@ -1152,6 +1152,9 @@ void cpuid_hypervisor_leaves(const struct vcpu *v, 
>> uint32_t leaf,
>>           res->a |= XEN_HVM_CPUID_DOMID_PRESENT;
>>           res->c = d->domain_id;
>>   
>> +        /* Per-vCPU event channel upcalls are implemented. */
> 
> ... are implemented and work correctly with PIRQs routed over event
> channels.
> 
>> +        res->a |= XEN_HVM_CPUID_UPCALL_VECTOR;
>> +
>>           break;
>>   
>>       case 5: /* PV-specific parameters */
>> diff --git a/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpuid.h 
>> b/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpuid.h
>> index f2b2b3632c..1760e2c405 100644
>> --- a/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpuid.h
>> +++ b/xen/include/public/arch-x86/cpuid.h
>> @@ -109,6 +109,8 @@
>>    * field from 8 to 15 bits, allowing to target APIC IDs up 32768.
>>    */
>>   #define XEN_HVM_CPUID_EXT_DEST_ID      (1u << 5)
>> +/* Per-vCPU event channel upcalls. */
> 
> I would maybe expand the message to:
> 
> "Per-vCPU event channel upcalls work correctly with physical IRQs bound
> to event channels."

Thanks. Yes, if others agree that the CPUID bit can still take this name 
if better explained, despite it being, as you say, quite generic, I will 
add these comments in a v2.

Thanks,

Jane.