Hi maintainers, Ping. Do you like this diea?
Thanks, Zhao On Fri, Mar 29, 2024 at 06:19:47PM +0800, Zhao Liu wrote: > Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 18:19:47 +0800 > From: Zhao Liu <zhao1....@linux.intel.com> > Subject: [PATCH for-9.1 0/7] target/i386/kvm: Cleanup the kvmclock feature > name > X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.34.1 > > From: Zhao Liu <zhao1....@intel.com> > > Hi list, > > This series is based on Paolo's guest_phys_bits patchset [1]. > > Currently, the old and new kvmclocks have the same feature name > "kvmclock" in FeatureWordInfo[FEAT_KVM]. > > When I tried to dig into the history of this unusual naming and fix it, > I realized that Tim was already trying to rename it, so I picked up his > renaming patch [2] (with a new commit message and other minor changes). > > 13 years age, the same name was introduced in [3], and its main purpose > is to make it easy for users to enable/disable 2 kvmclocks. Then, in > 2012, Don tried to rename the new kvmclock, but the follow-up did not > address Igor and Eduardo's comments about compatibility. > > Tim [2], not long ago, and I just now, were both puzzled by the naming > one after the other. > > So, this series is to push for renaming the new kvmclock feature to > "kvmclock2" and adding compatibility support for older machines (PC 9.0 > and older). > > Finally, let's put an end to decades of doubt about this name. > > > Next Step > ========= > > This series just separates the two kvmclocks from the naming, and in > subsequent patches I plan to stop setting kvmclock(old kcmclock) by > default as long as KVM supports kvmclock2 (new kvmclock). > > Also, try to deprecate the old kvmclock in KVM side. > > [1]: > https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20240325141422.1380087-1-pbonz...@redhat.com/ > [2]: > https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20230908124534.25027-4-twied...@redhat.com/ > [3]: > https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/1300401727-5235-3-git-send-email-glom...@redhat.com/ > [4]: > https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/1348171412-23669-3-git-send-email-...@cloudswitch.com/ > > Thanks and Best Regards, > Zhao > > --- > Tim Wiederhake (1): > target/i386: Fix duplicated kvmclock name in FEAT_KVM > > Zhao Liu (6): > target/i386/kvm: Add feature bit definitions for KVM CPUID > target/i386/kvm: Remove local MSR_KVM_WALL_CLOCK and > MSR_KVM_SYSTEM_TIME definitions > target/i386/kvm: Only Save/load kvmclock MSRs when kvmclock enabled > target/i386/kvm: Save/load MSRs of new kvmclock > (KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE2) > target/i386/kvm: Add legacy_kvmclock cpu property > target/i386/kvm: Update comment in kvm_cpu_realizefn() > > hw/i386/kvm/clock.c | 5 ++-- > hw/i386/pc.c | 1 + > target/i386/cpu.c | 3 +- > target/i386/cpu.h | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++ > target/i386/kvm/kvm-cpu.c | 25 ++++++++++++++++- > target/i386/kvm/kvm.c | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------- > 6 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) > > -- > 2.34.1 >
