On 25 November 2013 08:28, Santosh Shilimkar <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday 25 November 2013 10:09 AM, Christoffer Dall wrote: >> On 23 November 2013 16:07, Santosh Shilimkar <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Boot-CPU entry into the HYP mode is managed in boot-loader but >>> the secondary CPUs directly jumps to kernel during boot. Same >>> path is also used for CPU hotplug as well during suspend for >>> secondary CPU. >>> >>> Hence patch the secondary CPU boot path for hyp mode etry. >>> >>> Cc: Marc Zyngier <[email protected]> >>> Cc: Christoffer Dall <[email protected]> >>> Cc: Tony Lindgren <[email protected]> >>> Signed-off-by: Santosh Shilimkar <[email protected]> >>> --- >>> arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-headsmp.S | 7 +++++++ >>> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) >>> >>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-headsmp.S >>> b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-headsmp.S >>> index 75e9295..4844dd8 100644 >>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-headsmp.S >>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap-headsmp.S >>> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ >>> >>> /* Physical address needed since MMU not enabled yet on secondary core */ >>> #define AUX_CORE_BOOT0_PA 0x48281800 >>> +#define API_HYP_ENTRY 0x102 >>> >>> /* >>> * OMAP5 specific entry point for secondary CPU to jump from ROM >>> @@ -38,6 +39,12 @@ wait: ldr r2, =AUX_CORE_BOOT0_PA @ read from >>> AuxCoreBoot0 >>> and r4, r4, #0x0f >>> cmp r0, r4 >>> bne wait >>> +#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ARM_HOST >>> + ldr r12, =API_HYP_ENTRY >>> + adr r0, hyp_boot >>> + smc #0 >>> +hyp_boot: >>> +#endif >>> b secondary_startup >>> END(omap5_secondary_startup) >>> /* >> >> hmm, this means that currently running this in a guest will fail to >> bring-up SMP, right? >> > Nope. Because the code under 'KVM_ARM_HOST' macro. Guest build > will not enable CONFIG_KVM_ARM_HOST and things should be fine then. > Right ? >
That really goes against the whole single binary on all platforms thing. With multi-platform support you really shouldn't have to compile your kernel any differently for running as a guest as when you're running on a host. Someone may even emulate an OMAP5 in QEMU and you'd certainly want your kvm-enabled kernel to run as both guest and host. After all, this is not a paravirtualization solution. >> Couldn't you create a little wrapper-pen in U-Boot instead, which >> replicates the omap boot protocol and takes care of the hyp-mode >> startup there instead, keeping this completely out of the kernel? >> > Its not just booting but CPU hotplug also follows the same path > so we need the mechanism in kernel to switch mode. > > In general, I think its important to consider the aspect with > CPU PM. CPUs are not going to go through the boot-loaders in > those paths and hence need of HYP entry in the kernel will > be must. > I agree, and PSCI is the obvious only correct answer to this. We have discussed this a bit earlier (I think Will Deacon brought this up - cc'ed), but I don't think anyone had any bright ideas. However, we broadly agreed on the fact that for KVM/hyp support, you need to boot your kernel in that mode, and this is definitely pulling in the wrong direction. -Christoffer -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-omap" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
