Re: [Qemu-arm] [PATCH v6 0/8] ARM virt: ACPI memory hotplug support

[Auger Eric]

Hi Shameer,

On 6/25/19 2:14 PM, Shameer Kolothum wrote:
> This series is an attempt to provide device memory hotplug support 
> on ARM virt platform. This is based on Eric's recent works here[1]
> and carries some of the pc-dimm related patches dropped from his
> series.
> 
> The kernel support for arm64 memory hot add was added recently by
> Robin and hence the guest kernel should be => 5.0-rc1.
> 
> NVDIM support is not included currently as we still have an unresolved
> issue while hot adding NVDIMM[2]. However NVDIMM cold plug patches
> can be included, but not done for now, for keeping it simple.
> 
> This makes use of GED device to sent hotplug ACPI events to the
> Guest. GED code is based on Nemu. Thanks to the efforts of Samuel and
> Sebastien to add the hardware-reduced support to Nemu using GED
> device[3]. (Please shout if I got the author/signed-off wrong for
> those patches or missed any names).
> 
> This is sanity tested on a HiSilicon ARM64 platform and appreciate
> any further testing.

Tested-by: Eric Auger <address@hidden>

Thanks

Eric
> 
> Thanks,
> Shameer
> 
> [1] https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/10837565/
> [2] https://patchwork.kernel.org/cover/10783589/
> [3] https://github.com/intel/nemu/blob/topic/virt-x86/hw/acpi/ged.c
> [4] http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2019-May/651763.html
> 
> v5 --> v6
> 
> -Addressed comments from Eric.
> -Added R-by from Eric and Igor.
> 
> v4 --> v5
> -Removed gsi/ged-irq routing in virt.
> -Added Migration support.
> -Dropped support for DT coldplug case based on the discussions
>  here[4]
> -Added system_powerdown support through GED.
> 
> v3 --> v4
> Addressed comments from Igor and Eric,
> -Renamed "virt-acpi" to "acpi-ged".
> -Changed ged device parent to TYPE_DEVICE.
> -Introduced DT memory node property "hotpluggable" to resolve device
>  memory being treated as early boot memory issue(patch #7).
> -Combined patches #3 and #9 from v3 into #3.
> 
> v2 --> v3
> 
> Addressed comments from Igor and Eric,
> -Made virt acpi device platform independent and moved
>  to hw/acpi/generic_event_device.c
> -Moved ged specific code into hw/acpi/generic_event_device.c
> -Introduced an opt-in feature "fdt" to resolve device-memory being
>  treated as early boot memory.
> -Dropped patch #1 from v2.
> 
> RFC --> v2
> 
> -Use GED device instead of GPIO for ACPI hotplug events.
> -Removed NVDIMM support for now.
> -Includes dropped patches from Eric's v9 series.
> 
> Eric Auger (1):
>   hw/arm/virt: Add memory hotplug framework
> 
> Samuel Ortiz (2):
>   hw/acpi: Do not create memory hotplug method when handler is not
>     defined
>   hw/acpi: Add ACPI Generic Event Device Support
> 
> Shameer Kolothum (5):
>   hw/acpi: Make ACPI IO address space configurable
>   hw/arm/virt: Enable device memory cold/hot plug with ACPI boot
>   hw/arm/virt-acpi-build: Add PC-DIMM in SRAT
>   hw/acpi: Add system power down support to GED
>   hw/arm: Use GED for system_powerdown event
> 
>  hw/acpi/Kconfig                        |   4 +
>  hw/acpi/Makefile.objs                  |   1 +
>  hw/acpi/generic_event_device.c         | 352 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c               |  35 +--
>  hw/arm/Kconfig                         |   4 +
>  hw/arm/virt-acpi-build.c               |  58 ++--
>  hw/arm/virt.c                          |  88 ++++++-
>  hw/i386/acpi-build.c                   |   3 +-
>  include/hw/acpi/generic_event_device.h | 106 ++++++++
>  include/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.h       |   9 +-
>  include/hw/arm/virt.h                  |   3 +
>  11 files changed, 607 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 hw/acpi/generic_event_device.c
>  create mode 100644 include/hw/acpi/generic_event_device.h
>