Re: [RFC 12/17] irq: bypass: Extend skeleton for ARM forwarding control

From: Eric Auger
Date: Fri Jul 03 2015 - 02:55:25 EST


Paolo,
On 07/03/2015 04:24 AM, Wu, Feng wrote:
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Subject: RE: [RFC 12/17] irq: bypass: Extend skeleton for ARM forwarding
>> control
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Paolo Bonzini [mailto:pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx]
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 9:41 PM
>>> To: Eric Auger; eric.auger@xxxxxx; linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
>>> kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx;
>>> christoffer.dall@xxxxxxxxxx; marc.zyngier@xxxxxxx;
>>> alex.williamson@xxxxxxxxxx; avi.kivity@xxxxxxxxx; mtosatti@xxxxxxxxxx;
>>> Wu, Feng; joro@xxxxxxxxxx; b.reynal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; patches@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: Re: [RFC 12/17] irq: bypass: Extend skeleton for ARM forwarding
>>> control
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 02/07/2015 15:17, Eric Auger wrote:
>>>> - new fields are added on producer side: linux irq, vfio_device handle,
>>>> active which reflects whether the source is active (at interrupt
>>>> controller level or at VFIO level - automasked -) and finally an
>>>> opaque pointer which will be used to point to the vfio_platform_device
>>>> in this series.
>>>
>>> Linux IRQ and active should be okay. As to the vfio_device handle, you
>>> should link it from the vfio_platform_device instead. And for the
>>> vfio_platform_device, you can link it from the vfio_platform_irq instead.
>>>
>>> Once you've done this, embed the irq_bypass_producer struct in the
>>> vfio_platform_irq struct; in the new kvm_arch_* functions, go back to
>>> the vfio_platform_irq struct via container_of. From there you can
>>> retrieve pointers to the vfio_platform_device and the vfio_device.
>>>
>>>> - new fields on consumer side: the kvm handle, the gsi
>>>
>>> You do not need to add these. Instead, add the kvm handle to irqfd
>>> only. Like above, embed the irq_bypass_consumer struct in the irqfd
>>> struct; in the new kvm_arch_* functions, go back to the
>>> vfio_platform_irq struct via container_of.
>>>
>>
>> I also need the gsi field here, for posted-interrupts, I need 'gsi', 'irq' to
>> update the IRTE.
>
> Oh... we can get gsi from irq_bypass_consumer -> _irqfd -> gsi, so it
> is not needed in irq_bypass_consumer. Got it! :)

The issue I have is that struct _irqfd is local to eventfd.c so it
cannot be used in archi specific code. Is it acceptable to move it to
kvm_host.h, naming it something like kvm_kernel_irqfd (as done for
kvm_kernel_irq_routing_entry)? Would also need to move _irqfd_resampler
there (kvm_kernel_irqfd_resampler).

irqfd user struct cannot be used in a standalone manner since we miss
the kvm handle.

Thanks

Eric



>
> Thanks,
> Feng
>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Feng
>>
>>
>>> Paolo

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