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SubjectRe: [PATCH v9 10/21] vfio/pci: introduce CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_ZDEV_KVM
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On 14/06/2022 10.56, Pierre Morel wrote:
>
>
> On 6/8/22 15:15, Matthew Rosato wrote:
>> On 6/8/22 2:19 AM, Thomas Huth wrote:
>>> On 06/06/2022 22.33, Matthew Rosato wrote:
>>>> The current contents of vfio-pci-zdev are today only useful in a KVM
>>>> environment; let's tie everything currently under vfio-pci-zdev to
>>>> this Kconfig statement and require KVM in this case, reducing complexity
>>>> (e.g. symbol lookups).
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@linux.ibm.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: Pierre Morel <pmorel@linux.ibm.com>
>
>
>>>> ---
>>>>   drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig      | 11 +++++++++++
>>>>   drivers/vfio/pci/Makefile     |  2 +-
>>>>   include/linux/vfio_pci_core.h |  2 +-
>>>>   3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig b/drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig
>>>> index 4da1914425e1..f9d0c908e738 100644
>>>> --- a/drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig
>>>> +++ b/drivers/vfio/pci/Kconfig
>>>> @@ -44,6 +44,17 @@ config VFIO_PCI_IGD
>>>>         To enable Intel IGD assignment through vfio-pci, say Y.
>>>>   endif
>>>> +config VFIO_PCI_ZDEV_KVM
>>>> +    bool "VFIO PCI extensions for s390x KVM passthrough"
>>>> +    depends on S390 && KVM
>>>> +    default y
>>>> +    help
>>>> +      Support s390x-specific extensions to enable support for enhancements
>>>> +      to KVM passthrough capabilities, such as interpretive execution of
>>>> +      zPCI instructions.
>>>> +
>>>> +      To enable s390x KVM vfio-pci extensions, say Y.
>>>
>>> Is it still possible to disable CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_ZDEV_KVM ? Looking at the
>>> later patches (e.g. 20/21 where you call kvm_s390_pci_zpci_op() from
>>> kvm-s390.c), it rather seems to me that it currently cannot be disabled
>>> independently (as long as KVM is enabled).
>>
>> Yes, you can build with, for example, CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_ZDEV_KVM=n and
>> CONFIG_KVM=m -- I tested it again just now.  The result is kvm and
>> vfio-pci are built and vfio-pci works, but none of the vfio-pci-zdev
>> extensions are available (including zPCI interpretation).
>>
>> This is accomplished via the placement of some IS_ENABLED checks.  Some
>> calls (e.g. AEN init) are fenced by IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_ZDEV_KVM).
>> There are also some areas that are fenced off via a call to
>> kvm_s390_pci_interp_allowed() which also includes an IS_ENABLED check
>> along with checks for facility and cpu id.
>>
>> Using patch 20 as an example, KVM_CAP_S390_ZPCI_OP will always be reported
>> as unavailable to userspace if CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_ZDEV_KVM=n due to the call
>> to kvm_s390_pci_interp_allowed().  If userspace sends us the ioctl anyway,
>> we will return -EINVAL because there is again a
>> IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_ZDEV_KVM) check before we read the ioctl args
>> from userspace.
>
> Yes and the code will not be generated by the compiler in patch 20 after the
> break if CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_ZDEV_KVM is not enabled.
>
> +    case KVM_S390_ZPCI_OP: {
> +        struct kvm_s390_zpci_op args;
> +
> +        r = -EINVAL;
> +        if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_VFIO_PCI_ZDEV_KVM))
> +            break;
>
> Code not generated----v
>
> +        if (copy_from_user(&args, argp, sizeof(args))) {
> +            r = -EFAULT;
> +            break;
> +        }
> +        r = kvm_s390_pci_zpci_op(kvm, &args);
> +        break;
>
> ----------^

OK, good to know, thanks for the clarification!

Thomas

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