- 01 3月, 2010 4 次提交
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由 Sheng Yang 提交于
Following the new SDM. Now the bit is named "Ignore PAT memory type". Signed-off-by: NSheng Yang <sheng@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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由 Sheng Yang 提交于
Signed-off-by: NSheng Yang <sheng@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: NMarcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
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由 Sheng Yang 提交于
Before enabling, execution of "rdtscp" in guest would result in #UD. Signed-off-by: NSheng Yang <sheng@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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由 Sheng Yang 提交于
We don't support these instructions, but guest can execute them even if the feature('monitor') haven't been exposed in CPUID. So we would trap and inject a #UD if guest try this way. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: NSheng Yang <sheng@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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- 03 12月, 2009 1 次提交
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由 Zhai, Edwin 提交于
New NHM processors will support Pause-Loop Exiting by adding 2 VM-execution control fields: PLE_Gap - upper bound on the amount of time between two successive executions of PAUSE in a loop. PLE_Window - upper bound on the amount of time a guest is allowed to execute in a PAUSE loop If the time, between this execution of PAUSE and previous one, exceeds the PLE_Gap, processor consider this PAUSE belongs to a new loop. Otherwise, processor determins the the total execution time of this loop(since 1st PAUSE in this loop), and triggers a VM exit if total time exceeds the PLE_Window. * Refer SDM volume 3b section 21.6.13 & 22.1.3. Pause-Loop Exiting can be used to detect Lock-Holder Preemption, where one VP is sched-out after hold a spinlock, then other VPs for same lock are sched-in to waste the CPU time. Our tests indicate that most spinlocks are held for less than 212 cycles. Performance tests show that with 2X LP over-commitment we can get +2% perf improvement for kernel build(Even more perf gain with more LPs). Signed-off-by: NZhai Edwin <edwin.zhai@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NMarcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com>
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- 10 9月, 2009 2 次提交
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由 Marcelo Tosatti 提交于
Required for EPT misconfiguration handler. Signed-off-by: NMarcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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由 Nitin A Kamble 提交于
"Unrestricted Guest" feature is added in the VMX specification. Intel Westmere and onwards processors will support this feature. It allows kvm guests to run real mode and unpaged mode code natively in the VMX mode when EPT is turned on. With the unrestricted guest there is no need to emulate the guest real mode code in the vm86 container or in the emulator. Also the guest big real mode code works like native. The attached patch enhances KVM to use the unrestricted guest feature if available on the processor. It also adds a new kernel/module parameter to disable the unrestricted guest feature at the boot time. Signed-off-by: NNitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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- 10 6月, 2009 1 次提交
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由 Andi Kleen 提交于
VT-x needs an explicit MC vector intercept to handle machine checks in the hyper visor. It also has a special option to catch machine checks that happen during VT entry. Do these interceptions and forward them to the Linux machine check handler. Make it always look like user space is interrupted because the machine check handler treats kernel/user space differently. Thanks to Jiang Yunhong for help and testing. Cc: stable@kernel.org Signed-off-by: NAndi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: NHuang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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- 24 3月, 2009 2 次提交
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由 Jan Kiszka 提交于
So far KVM only had basic x86 debug register support, once introduced to realize guest debugging that way. The guest itself was not able to use those registers. This patch now adds (almost) full support for guest self-debugging via hardware registers. It refactors the code, moving generic parts out of SVM (VMX was already cleaned up by the KVM_SET_GUEST_DEBUG patches), and it ensures that the registers are properly switched between host and guest. This patch also prepares debug register usage by the host. The latter will (once wired-up by the following patch) allow for hardware breakpoints/watchpoints in guest code. If this is enabled, the guest will only see faked debug registers without functionality, but with content reflecting the guest's modifications. Tested on Intel only, but SVM /should/ work as well, but who knows... Known limitations: Trapping on tss switch won't work - most probably on Intel. Credits also go to Joerg Roedel - I used his once posted debugging series as platform for this patch. Signed-off-by: NJan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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由 Jan Kiszka 提交于
VMX differentiates between processor and software generated exceptions when injecting them into the guest. Extend vmx_queue_exception accordingly (and refactor related constants) so that we can use this service reliably for the new guest debugging framework. Signed-off-by: NJan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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- 31 12月, 2008 4 次提交
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由 Eduardo Habkost 提交于
Those definitions will be used by code outside KVM, so move it outside of a KVM-specific source file. Those definitions are used only on kvm/vmx.c, that already includes asm/vmx.h, so they can be moved safely. Signed-off-by: NEduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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由 Eduardo Habkost 提交于
vmx.h will be used by core code that is independent of KVM, so I am moving it outside the arch/x86/kvm directory. Signed-off-by: NEduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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由 Sheng Yang 提交于
PCI device assignment would map guest MMIO spaces as separate slot, so it is possible that the device has more than 2 MMIO spaces and overwrite current private memslot. The patch move private memory slot to the top of userspace visible memory slots. Signed-off-by: NSheng Yang <sheng@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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由 Sheng Yang 提交于
GUEST_PAT support is a new feature introduced by Intel Core i7 architecture. With this, cpu would save/load guest and host PAT automatically, for EPT memory type in guest depends on MSR_IA32_CR_PAT. Also add save/restore for MSR_IA32_CR_PAT. Signed-off-by: NSheng Yang <sheng@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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- 12 11月, 2008 1 次提交
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由 Sheng Yang 提交于
There is a potential issue that, when guest using pagetable without vmexit when EPT enabled, guest would use PAT/PCD/PWT bits to index PAT msr for it's memory, which would be inconsistent with host side and would cause host MCE due to inconsistent cache attribute. The patch set IGMT bit in EPT entry to ignore guest PAT and use WB as default memory type to protect host (notice that all memory mapped by KVM should be WB). Signed-off-by: NSheng Yang <sheng@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>
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- 15 10月, 2008 3 次提交
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由 Sheng Yang 提交于
For MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL is already there. Signed-off-by: NSheng Yang <sheng.yang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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由 Sheng Yang 提交于
Signed-off-by: NSheng Yang <sheng.yang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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由 Sheng Yang 提交于
MSR_IA32_FEATURE_LOCKED is just a bit in fact, which shouldn't be prefixed with MSR_. So is MSR_IA32_FEATURE_VMXON_ENABLED. Signed-off-by: NSheng Yang <sheng.yang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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- 11 9月, 2008 1 次提交
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由 Sheng Yang 提交于
As well as discard fake accessed bit and dirty bit of EPT. Signed-off-by: NSheng Yang <sheng.yang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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- 10 9月, 2008 1 次提交
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由 Sheng Yang 提交于
They are hardware specific MSRs, and we would use them in virtualization feature detection later. Signed-off-by: NSheng Yang <sheng.yang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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- 20 7月, 2008 1 次提交
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由 Sheng Yang 提交于
Signed-off-by: NSheng Yang <sheng.yang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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- 04 5月, 2008 4 次提交
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由 Sheng Yang 提交于
Signed-off-by: NSheng Yang <sheng.yang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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由 Sheng Yang 提交于
[aliguory: plug leak] Signed-off-by: NSheng Yang <sheng.yang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAnthony Liguori <aliguori@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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由 Sheng Yang 提交于
The function get_tdp_level() provided the number of tdp level for EPT and NPT rather than the NPT specific macro. Signed-off-by: NSheng Yang <sheng.yang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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由 Sheng Yang 提交于
Signed-off-by: NSheng Yang <sheng.yang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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- 27 4月, 2008 2 次提交
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由 Ryan Harper 提交于
Looking at Intel Volume 3b, page 148, table 20-11 and noticed that the field name is 'Deliver' not 'Deliever'. Attached patch changes the define name and its user in vmx.c Signed-off-by: NRyan Harper <ryanh@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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由 Sheng Yang 提交于
To allow TLB entries to be retained across VM entry and VM exit, the VMM can now identify distinct address spaces through a new virtual-processor ID (VPID) field of the VMCS. [avi: drop vpid_sync_all()] [avi: add "cc" to asm constraints] Signed-off-by: NSheng Yang <sheng.yang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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- 31 1月, 2008 1 次提交
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由 Avi Kivity 提交于
This paves the way for multiple architecture support. Note that while ioapic.c could potentially be shared with ia64, it is also moved. Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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- 30 1月, 2008 5 次提交
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由 Eddie Dong 提交于
Add wbinvd VM Exit support to prepare for pass-through device cache emulation and also enhance real time responsiveness. Signed-off-by: NYaozu (Eddie) Dong <eddie.dong@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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由 Eddie Dong 提交于
Add comments for secondary/primary Processor-Based VM-execution controls. Signed-off-by: NYaozu (Eddie) Dong <eddie.dong@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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由 Avi Kivity 提交于
Instead of injecting real-mode interrupts by writing the interrupt frame into guest memory, abuse vmx by injecting a software interrupt. We need to pretend the software interrupt instruction had a length > 0, so we have to adjust rip backward. This lets us not to mess with writing guest memory, which is complex and also sleeps. Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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由 Sheng Yang 提交于
This patch based on CR8/TPR patch, and enable the TPR shadow (FlexPriority) for 32bit Windows. Since TPR is accessed very frequently by 32bit Windows, especially SMP guest, with FlexPriority enabled, we saw significant performance gain. Signed-off-by: NSheng Yang <sheng.yang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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由 Mike Day 提交于
Signed-off-by: NMike D. Day <ncmike@ncultra.org> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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- 13 10月, 2007 4 次提交
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由 Yang, Sheng 提交于
This patch enables TPR shadow of VMX on CR8 access. 64bit Windows using CR8 access TPR frequently. The TPR shadow can improve the performance of access TPR by not causing vmexit. Signed-off-by: NSheng Yang <sheng.yang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NYaozu (Eddie) Dong <eddie.dong@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NQing He <qing.he@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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由 Li, Xin B 提交于
Remove a duplicated ia32e mode VM Entry control definition and use the proper one. Signed-off-by: NXin Li <xin.b.li@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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由 Yang, Sheng 提交于
This patch mainly imports some constants and rename two exist constants of vmcs according to IA32 SDM. It also adds two constants to indicate Lock bit and Enable bit in MSR_IA32_FEATURE_CONTROL, and replace the hardcode _5_ with these two bits. Signed-off-by: NSheng Yang <sheng.yang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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由 Rusty Russell 提交于
On this machine (Intel), writing to the CR4 bits 0x00000800 and 0x00001000 cause a GPF. The Intel manual is a little unclear, but AFIACT they're reserved, too. Also fix spelling of CR4_RESEVED_BITS. Signed-off-by: NRusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
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- 13 2月, 2007 1 次提交
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由 Avi Kivity 提交于
Just like svm. Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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- 31 12月, 2006 1 次提交
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由 Nguyen Anh Quynh 提交于
No need to append _MSR to msr names, a prefix should suffice. Signed-off-by: NNguyen Anh Quynh <aquynh@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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- 11 12月, 2006 1 次提交
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由 Avi Kivity 提交于
web site: http://kvm.sourceforge.net mailing list: kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net (http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel) The following patchset adds a driver for Intel's hardware virtualization extensions to the x86 architecture. The driver adds a character device (/dev/kvm) that exposes the virtualization capabilities to userspace. Using this driver, a process can run a virtual machine (a "guest") in a fully virtualized PC containing its own virtual hard disks, network adapters, and display. Using this driver, one can start multiple virtual machines on a host. Each virtual machine is a process on the host; a virtual cpu is a thread in that process. kill(1), nice(1), top(1) work as expected. In effect, the driver adds a third execution mode to the existing two: we now have kernel mode, user mode, and guest mode. Guest mode has its own address space mapping guest physical memory (which is accessible to user mode by mmap()ing /dev/kvm). Guest mode has no access to any I/O devices; any such access is intercepted and directed to user mode for emulation. The driver supports i386 and x86_64 hosts and guests. All combinations are allowed except x86_64 guest on i386 host. For i386 guests and hosts, both pae and non-pae paging modes are supported. SMP hosts and UP guests are supported. At the moment only Intel hardware is supported, but AMD virtualization support is being worked on. Performance currently is non-stellar due to the naive implementation of the mmu virtualization, which throws away most of the shadow page table entries every context switch. We plan to address this in two ways: - cache shadow page tables across tlb flushes - wait until AMD and Intel release processors with nested page tables Currently a virtual desktop is responsive but consumes a lot of CPU. Under Windows I tried playing pinball and watching a few flash movies; with a recent CPU one can hardly feel the virtualization. Linux/X is slower, probably due to X being in a separate process. In addition to the driver, you need a slightly modified qemu to provide I/O device emulation and the BIOS. Caveats (akpm: might no longer be true): - The Windows install currently bluescreens due to a problem with the virtual APIC. We are working on a fix. A temporary workaround is to use an existing image or install through qemu - Windows 64-bit does not work. That's also true for qemu, so it's probably a problem with the device model. [bero@arklinux.org: build fix] [simon.kagstrom@bth.se: build fix, other fixes] [uril@qumranet.com: KVM: Expose interrupt bitmap] [akpm@osdl.org: i386 build fix] [mingo@elte.hu: i386 fixes] [rdreier@cisco.com: add log levels to all printks] [randy.dunlap@oracle.com: Fix sparse NULL and C99 struct init warnings] [anthony@codemonkey.ws: KVM: AMD SVM: 32-bit host support] Signed-off-by: NYaniv Kamay <yaniv@qumranet.com> Signed-off-by: NAvi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com> Cc: Simon Kagstrom <simon.kagstrom@bth.se> Cc: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero@arklinux.org> Signed-off-by: NUri Lublin <uril@qumranet.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Roland Dreier <rolandd@cisco.com> Signed-off-by: NRandy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: NAnthony Liguori <anthony@codemonkey.ws> Signed-off-by: NAndrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: NLinus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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