From de2a0910795d44d6534e0fe83c571c1bbbe05808 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Auger Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2017 14:59:24 +0100 Subject: KVM: arm/arm64: Add ITS save/restore API documentation Add description for how to access ITS registers and how to save/restore ITS tables into/from memory. Reviewed-by: Christoffer Dall Signed-off-by: Eric Auger --- Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-its.txt | 120 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 120 insertions(+) (limited to 'Documentation') diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-its.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-its.txt index 6081a5b7fc1e..ba132e9885b3 100644 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-its.txt +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-its.txt @@ -32,7 +32,127 @@ Groups: KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CTRL_INIT request the initialization of the ITS, no additional parameter in kvm_device_attr.addr. + + KVM_DEV_ARM_ITS_SAVE_TABLES + save the ITS table data into guest RAM, at the location provisioned + by the guest in corresponding registers/table entries. + + The layout of the tables in guest memory defines an ABI. The entries + are laid out in little endian format as described in the last paragraph. + + KVM_DEV_ARM_ITS_RESTORE_TABLES + restore the ITS tables from guest RAM to ITS internal structures. + + The GICV3 must be restored before the ITS and all ITS registers but + the GITS_CTLR must be restored before restoring the ITS tables. + + The GITS_IIDR read-only register must also be restored before + calling KVM_DEV_ARM_ITS_RESTORE_TABLES as the IIDR revision field + encodes the ABI revision. + + The expected ordering when restoring the GICv3/ITS is described in section + "ITS Restore Sequence". + Errors: -ENXIO: ITS not properly configured as required prior to setting this attribute -ENOMEM: Memory shortage when allocating ITS internal data + -EINVAL: Inconsistent restored data + -EFAULT: Invalid guest ram access + -EBUSY: One or more VCPUS are running + + KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_ITS_REGS + Attributes: + The attr field of kvm_device_attr encodes the offset of the + ITS register, relative to the ITS control frame base address + (ITS_base). + + kvm_device_attr.addr points to a __u64 value whatever the width + of the addressed register (32/64 bits). 64 bit registers can only + be accessed with full length. + + Writes to read-only registers are ignored by the kernel except for: + - GITS_CREADR. It must be restored otherwise commands in the queue + will be re-executed after restoring CWRITER. GITS_CREADR must be + restored before restoring the GITS_CTLR which is likely to enable the + ITS. Also it must be restored after GITS_CBASER since a write to + GITS_CBASER resets GITS_CREADR. + - GITS_IIDR. The Revision field encodes the table layout ABI revision. + In the future we might implement direct injection of virtual LPIs. + This will require an upgrade of the table layout and an evolution of + the ABI. GITS_IIDR must be restored before calling + KVM_DEV_ARM_ITS_RESTORE_TABLES. + + For other registers, getting or setting a register has the same + effect as reading/writing the register on real hardware. + Errors: + -ENXIO: Offset does not correspond to any supported register + -EFAULT: Invalid user pointer for attr->addr + -EINVAL: Offset is not 64-bit aligned + -EBUSY: one or more VCPUS are running + + ITS Restore Sequence: + ------------------------- + +The following ordering must be followed when restoring the GIC and the ITS: +a) restore all guest memory and create vcpus +b) restore all redistributors +c) initialize the ITS and then provide its base address + (KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CTRL_INIT, KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_ADDR) +d) restore the ITS in the following order: + 1. Restore GITS_CBASER + 2. Restore all other GITS_ registers, except GITS_CTLR! + 3. Load the ITS table data (KVM_DEV_ARM_ITS_RESTORE_TABLES) + 4. Restore GITS_CTLR + +Then vcpus can be started. + + ITS Table ABI REV0: + ------------------- + + Revision 0 of the ABI only supports physical LPIs. + + The device table and ITT are indexed by the deviceid and eventid, + respectively. The collection table is not indexed by collectionid: + CTEs are written in the table in the order of collection creation. All + entries are 8 bytes. + + Device Table Entry (DTE): + + bits: | 63| 62 ... 49 | 48 ... 5 | 4 ... 0 | + values: | V | next | ITT_addr | Size | + + where; + - V indicates whether the entry is valid. If not, other fields + are not meaningful. + - next: equals to 0 if this entry is the last one; otherwise it + corresponds to the deviceid offset to the next DTE, capped by + 2^14 -1. + - ITT_addr matches bits [51:8] of the ITT address (256 Byte aligned). + - Size specifies the supported number of bits for the eventid, + minus one + + Collection Table Entry (CTE): + + bits: | 63| 62 .. 52 | 51 ... 16 | 15 ... 0 | + values: | V | RES0 | RDBase | ICID | + + where: + - V indicates whether the entry is valid. If not, other fields are + not meaningful. + - RES0: reserved field with Should-Be-Zero-or-Preserved behavior. + - RDBase is the PE number (GICR_TYPER.Processor_Number semantic), + - ICID is the collection ID + + Interrupt Translation Entry (ITE): + + bits: | 63 ... 48 | 47 ... 16 | 15 ... 0 | + values: | next | pINTID | ICID | + + where: + - next: equals to 0 if this entry is the last one; otherwise it corresponds + to the eventid offset to the next ITE capped by 2^16 -1. + - pINTID is the physical LPI ID; if zero, it means the entry is not valid + and other fields are not meaningful. + - ICID is the collection ID + -- cgit