Thread (20 messages) 20 messages, 3 authors, 2023-01-17

Re: [v2 2/6] KVM: arm64: Add SMCCC paravirtualised lock calls

From: Punit Agrawal <hidden>
Date: 2022-11-07 18:02:41
Also in: kvm, kvmarm, linux-doc, lkml

Usama Arif [off-list ref] writes:
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Add a new SMCCC compatible hypercalls for PV lock features:
  ARM_SMCCC_KVM_FUNC_PV_LOCK:   0xC6000002

Also add the header file which defines the ABI for the paravirtualized
lock features we're about to add.

Signed-off-by: Zengruan Ye <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Usama Arif <redacted>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/pvlock-abi.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 include/linux/arm-smccc.h           |  8 ++++++++
 tools/include/linux/arm-smccc.h     |  8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 arch/arm64/include/asm/pvlock-abi.h
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pvlock-abi.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pvlock-abi.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3f4574071679
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pvlock-abi.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+/*
+ * Copyright(c) 2019 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
+ * Author: Zengruan Ye <yezengruan@huawei.com>
+ *         Usama Arif <usama.arif@bytedance.com>
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ASM_PVLOCK_ABI_H
+#define __ASM_PVLOCK_ABI_H
+
+struct pvlock_vcpu_state {
+	__le64 preempted;
+	/* Structure must be 64 byte aligned, pad to that size */
+	u8 padding[56];
+} __packed;
For structure alignment, I'd have expected to see the use of "aligned"
attribute. Is there any benefit in using padding to achieve alignment?

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