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Re: [PATCH v6 14/20] target/riscv/kvm.c: add multi-letter extension KVM


From: Andrew Jones
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 14/20] target/riscv/kvm.c: add multi-letter extension KVM properties
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2023 11:14:23 +0200

On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 06:30:27PM -0300, Daniel Henrique Barboza wrote:
> Let's add KVM user properties for the multi-letter extensions that KVM
> currently supports: zicbom, zicboz, zihintpause, zbb, ssaia, sstc,
> svinval and svpbmt.
> 
> As with MISA extensions, we're using the KVMCPUConfig type to hold
> information about the state of each extension. However, multi-letter
> extensions have more cases to cover than MISA extensions, so we're
> adding an extra 'supported' flag as well. This flag will reflect if a
> given extension is supported by KVM, i.e. KVM knows how to handle it.
> This is determined during KVM extension discovery in
> kvm_riscv_init_multiext_cfg(), where we test for EINVAL errors. Any
> other error different from EINVAL will cause an abort.
> 
> The use of the 'user_set' is similar to what we already do with MISA
> extensions: the flag set only if the user is changing the extension
> state.
> 
> The 'supported' flag will be used later on to make an exception for
> users that are disabling multi-letter extensions that are unknown to
> KVM.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Henrique Barboza <dbarboza@ventanamicro.com>
> ---
>  target/riscv/cpu.c |   8 +++
>  target/riscv/kvm.c | 119 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 127 insertions(+)
>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <ajones@ventanamicro.com>



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