Re: [PATCH v11 4/5] arm64: introduce CONFIG_PARAVIRT, PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING and pv_time_ops

From: Stefano Stabellini
Date: Tue Nov 10 2015 - 09:16:05 EST


On Thu, 5 Nov 2015, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> Introduce CONFIG_PARAVIRT and PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING on ARM64.
> Necessary duplication of paravirt.h and paravirt.c with ARM.
>
> The only paravirt interface supported is pv_time_ops.steal_clock, so no
> runtime pvops patching needed.
>
> This allows us to make use of steal_account_process_tick for stolen
> ticks accounting.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx>

Ping?

Catalin, Will,
are you happy with this change?


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> CC: nico@xxxxxxxxxx
> CC: marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx
> CC: cov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: arnd@xxxxxxxx
> CC: olof@xxxxxxxxx
> CC: Catalin.Marinas@xxxxxxx
>
> ---
>
> Changes in v10:
> - replace "---help---" with "help"
>
> Changes in v7:
> - ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT the content of paravirt.h.
> ---
> arch/arm64/Kconfig | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/arm64/include/asm/paravirt.h | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile | 1 +
> arch/arm64/kernel/paravirt.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 66 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 arch/arm64/include/asm/paravirt.h
> create mode 100644 arch/arm64/kernel/paravirt.c
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> index 7b10647..659e286 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
> @@ -533,6 +533,25 @@ config SECCOMP
> and the task is only allowed to execute a few safe syscalls
> defined by each seccomp mode.
>
> +config PARAVIRT
> + bool "Enable paravirtualization code"
> + help
> + This changes the kernel so it can modify itself when it is run
> + under a hypervisor, potentially improving performance significantly
> + over full virtualization.
> +
> +config PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING
> + bool "Paravirtual steal time accounting"
> + select PARAVIRT
> + default n
> + help
> + Select this option to enable fine granularity task steal time
> + accounting. Time spent executing other tasks in parallel with
> + the current vCPU is discounted from the vCPU power. To account for
> + that, there can be a small performance impact.
> +
> + If in doubt, say N here.
> +
> config XEN_DOM0
> def_bool y
> depends on XEN
> @@ -541,6 +560,7 @@ config XEN
> bool "Xen guest support on ARM64"
> depends on ARM64 && OF
> select SWIOTLB_XEN
> + select PARAVIRT
> help
> Say Y if you want to run Linux in a Virtual Machine on Xen on ARM64.
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/paravirt.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/paravirt.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..fd5f428
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/paravirt.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
> +#ifndef _ASM_ARM64_PARAVIRT_H
> +#define _ASM_ARM64_PARAVIRT_H
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
> +struct static_key;
> +extern struct static_key paravirt_steal_enabled;
> +extern struct static_key paravirt_steal_rq_enabled;
> +
> +struct pv_time_ops {
> + unsigned long long (*steal_clock)(int cpu);
> +};
> +extern struct pv_time_ops pv_time_ops;
> +
> +static inline u64 paravirt_steal_clock(int cpu)
> +{
> + return pv_time_ops.steal_clock(cpu);
> +}
> +#endif
> +
> +#endif
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
> index 474691f..ca9fbe1 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
> @@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ arm64-obj-$(CONFIG_EFI) += efi.o efi-entry.stub.o
> arm64-obj-$(CONFIG_PCI) += pci.o
> arm64-obj-$(CONFIG_ARMV8_DEPRECATED) += armv8_deprecated.o
> arm64-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI) += acpi.o
> +arm64-obj-$(CONFIG_PARAVIRT) += paravirt.o
>
> obj-y += $(arm64-obj-y) vdso/
> obj-m += $(arm64-obj-m)
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/paravirt.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/paravirt.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..53f371e
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/paravirt.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
> +/*
> + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
> + * published by the Free Software Foundation.
> + *
> + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
> + * GNU General Public License for more details.
> + *
> + * Copyright (C) 2013 Citrix Systems
> + *
> + * Author: Stefano Stabellini <stefano.stabellini@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> + */
> +
> +#include <linux/export.h>
> +#include <linux/jump_label.h>
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +#include <asm/paravirt.h>
> +
> +struct static_key paravirt_steal_enabled;
> +struct static_key paravirt_steal_rq_enabled;
> +
> +struct pv_time_ops pv_time_ops;
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pv_time_ops);
> --
> 1.7.10.4
>
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