Thread (83 messages) 83 messages, 7 authors, 2016-02-03

[PATCH v2 06/21] arm64: KVM: VHE: Patch out use of HVC

From: Christoffer Dall <hidden>
Date: 2016-02-01 13:16:11
Also in: kvm, kvmarm, lkml

On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 03:53:40PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
With VHE, the host never issues an HVC instruction to get into the
KVM code, as we can simply branch there.

Use runtime code patching to simplify things a bit.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <redacted>
---
 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp.S           |  7 +++++++
 arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/hyp-entry.S | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp.S b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp.S
index 0ccdcbb..0689a74 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp.S
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 
+#include <asm/alternative.h>
 #include <asm/assembler.h>
+#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
 
 /*
  * u64 kvm_call_hyp(void *hypfn, ...);
@@ -38,6 +40,11 @@
  * arch/arm64/kernel/hyp_stub.S.
  */
 ENTRY(kvm_call_hyp)
+alternative_if_not ARM64_HAS_VIRT_HOST_EXTN	
 	hvc	#0
 	ret
+alternative_else
+	b	__vhe_hyp_call
+	nop
+alternative_endif
 ENDPROC(kvm_call_hyp)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/hyp-entry.S b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/hyp-entry.S
index 93e8d983..9e0683f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/hyp-entry.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/hyp-entry.S
@@ -38,6 +38,32 @@
 	ldp	x0, x1, [sp], #16
 .endm
 
+.macro do_el2_call
+	/*
+	 * Shuffle the parameters before calling the function
+	 * pointed to in x0. Assumes parameters in x[1,2,3].
+	 */
+	stp	lr, xzr, [sp, #-16]!
remind me why this pair isn't just doing "str" instead of "stp" with the
xzr ?
+	mov	lr, x0
+	mov	x0, x1
+	mov	x1, x2
+	mov	x2, x3
+	blr	lr
+	ldp	lr, xzr, [sp], #16
+.endm
+
+ENTRY(__vhe_hyp_call)
+	do_el2_call
+	/*
+	 * We used to rely on having an exception return to get
+	 * an implicit isb. In the E2H case, we don't have it anymore.
+	 * rather than changing all the leaf functions, just do it here
+	 * before returning to the rest of the kernel.
+	 */
why is this not the case with an ISB before do_el2_call then?
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
+	isb
+	ret
+ENDPROC(__vhe_hyp_call)
+	
 el1_sync:				// Guest trapped into EL2
 	save_x0_to_x3
 
@@ -58,19 +84,13 @@ el1_sync:				// Guest trapped into EL2
 	mrs	x0, vbar_el2
 	b	2f
 
-1:	stp	lr, xzr, [sp, #-16]!
-
+1:
 	/*
-	 * Compute the function address in EL2, and shuffle the parameters.
+	 * Perform the EL2 call
 	 */
 	kern_hyp_va	x0
-	mov	lr, x0
-	mov	x0, x1
-	mov	x1, x2
-	mov	x2, x3
-	blr	lr
+	do_el2_call
 
-	ldp	lr, xzr, [sp], #16
 2:	eret
 
 el1_trap:
-- 
2.1.4
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