Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] KVM: x86: hyper-v: make KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_HV_CPUID more useful

[Vitaly Kuznetsov]

Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 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(-)

Ping)

Still hoping this can be picked up for 5.10.

the latest QEMU patchset was posted last Friday:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2020-10/msg02443.html

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Vitaly