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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 03/14] KVM: s390: CPU model support for AP virtualization
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:25:43 -0400
Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> Introduces a new CPU model feature and two CPU model
> facilities to support AP virtualization for KVM guests.
>
> CPU model feature:
>
> The KVM_S390_VM_CPU_FEAT_AP feature indicates that
> AP instructions are available on the guest. This
> feature will be enabled by the kernel only if the AP
> instructions are installed on the linux host. This feature
> must be specifically turned on for the KVM guest from
> userspace to use the VFIO AP device driver for guest
> access to AP devices.
>
> CPU model facilities:
>
> 1. AP Query Configuration Information (QCI) facility is installed.
>
> This is indicated by setting facilities bit 12 for
> the guest. The kernel will not enable this facility
> for the guest if it is not set on the host. This facility
> must not be set by userspace if the KVM_S390_VM_CPU_FEAT_AP
> feature is not installed.
>
> 2. AP Facilities Test facility (APFT) is installed.
>
> This is indicated by setting facilities bit 15 for
> the guest. The kernel will not enable this facility for
> the guest if it is not set on the host. This facility
> must not be set by userspace if the KVM_S390_VM_CPU_FEAT_AP
> feature is not installed.
>
> Reviewed-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Halil Pasic <pasic@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
> arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 1 +
> arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h | 1 +
> arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c | 4 ++++
> arch/s390/tools/gen_facilities.c | 2 ++
> 4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>

> diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
> index c47731d..a60c45b 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
> @@ -350,6 +350,10 @@ static void kvm_s390_cpu_feat_init(void)
>
> if (MACHINE_HAS_ESOP)
> allow_cpu_feat(KVM_S390_VM_CPU_FEAT_ESOP);
> +
> + if (ap_instructions_installed()) /* AP instructions installed on host */
> + allow_cpu_feat(KVM_S390_VM_CPU_FEAT_AP);

That's another dependency of the base kvm-s390 module on zcrypt, which
I don't like at all.

There are two possibilities here:
- Exposing the features makes sense even if no zcrypt driver is active
in the host. Then, ap_instructions_installed() needs to be moved into
always-built code (see my comments for the interface in patch 1).
- Exposing the features makes sense only if we actually want to make
vfio-ap available. Then we should provide the proper check in the
vfio-ap parts (which depends on zcrypt) and stub it out if vfio-ap is
not configured.

> +
> /*
> * We need SIE support, ESOP (PROT_READ protection for gmap_shadow),
> * 64bit SCAO (SCA passthrough) and IDTE (for gmap_shadow unshadowing).

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