Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] dt-bindings: vcpu_stall_detector: Add qemu,vcpu-stall-detector compatible

From: Rob Herring
Date: Thu Jun 16 2022 - 11:30:29 EST


On Thu, Jun 16, 2022 at 09:27:38AM +0000, Sebastian Ene wrote:
> The VCPU stall detection mechanism allows to configure the expiration
> duration and the internal counter clock frequency measured in Hz.
> Add these properties in the schema.
>
> While this is a memory mapped virtual device, it is expected to be loaded
> when the DT contains the compatible: "qemu,vcpu-stall-detector" node.
> In a protected VM we trust the generated DT nodes and we don't rely on
> the host to present the hardware peripherals.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Ene <sebastianene@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../bindings/misc/vcpu_stall_detector.yaml | 49 +++++++++++++++++++

qemu,vcpu-stall-detector.yaml

> 1 file changed, 49 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/vcpu_stall_detector.yaml
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/vcpu_stall_detector.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/vcpu_stall_detector.yaml
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..55323676194b
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/misc/vcpu_stall_detector.yaml
> @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0-only OR BSD-2-Clause)
> +%YAML 1.2
> +---
> +$id: http://devicetree.org/schemas/misc/vcpu_stall_detector.yaml#
> +$schema: http://devicetree.org/meta-schemas/core.yaml#
> +
> +title: VCPU stall detector
> +
> +description: |

Don't need '|' if no formatting.

> + This binding describes a CPU stall detector mechanism for virtual cpus

s/cpus/CPUs/

> + which is accessed through MMIO.
> +
> +maintainers:
> + - Sebastian Ene <sebastianene@xxxxxxxxxx>
> +
> +properties:
> + compatible:
> + enum:
> + - qemu,vcpu-stall-detector
> +
> + clock-frequency:
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> + description: |
> + The internal clock of the stall detector peripheral measure in Hz used
> + to decrement its internal counter register on each tick.
> + Defaults to 10 if unset.

default: 10

> +
> + timeout-sec:
> + $ref: /schemas/types.yaml#/definitions/uint32
> + description: |
> + The stall detector expiration timeout measured in seconds.
> + Defaults to 8 if unset. Please note that it also takes into account the
> + time spent while the VCPU is not running.

default: 8

> +
> +required:
> + - compatible
> +
> +additionalProperties: false
> +
> +examples:
> + - |
> + vmwdt@9030000 {
> + compatible = "qemu,vcpu-stall-detector";
> + clock-frequency = <10>;
> + timeout-sec = <8>;
> + reg = <0x0 0x9030000 0x0 0x10000>;
> + };
> +
> +...
> --
> 2.36.1.476.g0c4daa206d-goog
>
>