[PATCH v5 00/16] Introducing Linux root partition support for Microsoft Hypervisor

From: Wei Liu
Date: Wed Jan 20 2021 - 08:03:19 EST


Hi all

Here we propose this patch series to make Linux run as the root partition [0]
on Microsoft Hypervisor [1]. There will be a subsequent patch series to provide a
device node (/dev/mshv) such that userspace programs can create and run virtual
machines. We've also ported Cloud Hypervisor [3] over and have been able to
boot a Linux guest with Virtio devices since late July 2020.

This series implements only the absolutely necessary components to get
things running. A large portion of this series consists of patches that
augment hyperv-tlfs.h. They should be rather uncontroversial and can be
applied right away.

A few key things other than the changes to hyperv-tlfs.h:

1. Linux needs to setup existing Hyper-V facilities differently.
2. Linux needs to make a few hypercalls to bring up APs.
3. Interrupts are remapped by IOMMU, which is controlled by the hypervisor.
Linux needs to make hypercalls to map and unmap interrupts. This is
done by introducing a new MSI irqdomain and extending the remapping
domain in hyperv-iommu.

This series is now based on 5.11-rc2.

Posting v5 with the latest changes to get some testing from various
kernel test bots, with the intention to merge this series soon.

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Thanks,
Wei.

[0] Just think of it like Xen's Dom0.
[1] Hyper-V is more well-known, but it really refers to the whole stack
including the hypervisor and other components that run in Windows kernel
and userspace.
[3] https://github.com/cloud-hypervisor/

Cc: sameo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: robert.bradford@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: sebastien.boeuf@xxxxxxxxx

Changes since v4:
1. Rework IO-APIC handling.

Changes since v3:
1. Fix compilation errors.
2. Adapt to upstream changes.

Changes since v2:
1. Address more comments from Vitaly.
2. Fix and test 32bit build.

Changes since v1:
1. Simplify MSI IRQ domain implementation.
2. Address Vitaly's comments.

Wei Liu (16):
asm-generic/hyperv: change HV_CPU_POWER_MANAGEMENT to
HV_CPU_MANAGEMENT
x86/hyperv: detect if Linux is the root partition
Drivers: hv: vmbus: skip VMBus initialization if Linux is root
iommu/hyperv: don't setup IRQ remapping when running as root
clocksource/hyperv: use MSR-based access if running as root
x86/hyperv: allocate output arg pages if required
x86/hyperv: extract partition ID from Microsoft Hypervisor if
necessary
x86/hyperv: handling hypercall page setup for root
x86/hyperv: provide a bunch of helper functions
x86/hyperv: implement and use hv_smp_prepare_cpus
asm-generic/hyperv: update hv_msi_entry
asm-generic/hyperv: update hv_interrupt_entry
asm-generic/hyperv: introduce hv_device_id and auxiliary structures
asm-generic/hyperv: import data structures for mapping device
interrupts
x86/hyperv: implement an MSI domain for root partition
iommu/hyperv: setup an IO-APIC IRQ remapping domain for root partition

arch/x86/hyperv/Makefile | 4 +-
arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c | 108 +++++++-
arch/x86/hyperv/hv_proc.c | 225 ++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/hyperv/irqdomain.c | 386 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h | 23 ++
arch/x86/include/asm/mshyperv.h | 19 +-
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c | 49 ++++
drivers/clocksource/hyperv_timer.c | 3 +
drivers/hv/vmbus_drv.c | 3 +
drivers/iommu/hyperv-iommu.c | 178 ++++++++++++-
drivers/pci/controller/pci-hyperv.c | 2 +-
include/asm-generic/hyperv-tlfs.h | 254 +++++++++++++++++-
12 files changed, 1233 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 arch/x86/hyperv/hv_proc.c
create mode 100644 arch/x86/hyperv/irqdomain.c


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