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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 0/2] KVM: x86: hyper-v: make KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_HV_CPUID more useful
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On 29/09/20 17:09, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> Changes since v2:
> - Keep vCPU version of the ioctl intact but make it 'deprecated' in
> api.rst [Paolo Bonzini]
> - First two patches of v2 series already made it to kvm/queue
>
> QEMU series using the feature:
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-09/msg02017.html
>
> Original description:
>
> KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_HV_CPUID was initially implemented as a vCPU ioctl but
> this is not very useful when VMM is just trying to query which Hyper-V
> features are supported by the host prior to creating VM/vCPUs. The data
> in KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_HV_CPUID is mostly static with a few exceptions but
> it seems we can change this. Add support for KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_HV_CPUID as
> a system ioctl as well.
>
> QEMU specific description:
> In some cases QEMU needs to collect the information about which Hyper-V
> features are supported by KVM and pass it up the stack. For non-hyper-v
> features this is done with system-wide KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID/
> KVM_GET_MSRS ioctls but Hyper-V specific features don't get in the output
> (as Hyper-V CPUIDs intersect with KVM's). In QEMU, CPU feature expansion
> happens before any KVM vcpus are created so KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_HV_CPUID
> can't be used in its current shape.
>
> Vitaly Kuznetsov (2):
> KVM: x86: hyper-v: allow KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_HV_CPUID as a system ioctl
> KVM: selftests: test KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_HV_CPUID as a system ioctl
>
> Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 16 ++--
> arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.c | 6 +-
> arch/x86/kvm/hyperv.h | 4 +-
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/evmcs.c | 3 +-
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 45 ++++++----
> include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 3 +-
> .../testing/selftests/kvm/include/kvm_util.h | 2 +
> tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/kvm_util.c | 26 ++++++
> .../selftests/kvm/x86_64/hyperv_cpuid.c | 87 +++++++++++--------
> 9 files changed, 123 insertions(+), 69 deletions(-)
>

Queued, thanks.

Paolo

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