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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] [Xen-devel] [PATCH 04/19] libxl: introduce a PVH guest type
The new guest type is introduced to the libxl IDL. libxl__domain_make
is also modified to save the guest type, and libxl__domain_type is
expanded to fetch that information when detecting guest type.
This is required because the hypervisor only differentiates between PV
and HVM guests, so libxl needs some extra information in order to
differentiate between a HVM and a PVH guest.
The new PVH guest type and it's options are documented on the xl.cfg
man page.
Signed-off-by: Roger Pau Monné <roger.pau@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Cc: Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5.in | 121 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tools/libxl/libxl_create.c | 6 +++
tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c | 28 ++++++++--
tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl | 2 +
4 files changed, 154 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5.in b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5.in
index a0f3c8ab2a..e95b9e9ca5 100644
--- a/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5.in
+++ b/docs/man/xl.cfg.pod.5.in
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@ single host must be unique.
Specifies that this is to be a PV domain, suitable for hosting Xen-aware guest
operating systems. This is the default.
+=item B<type="pvh">
+
+Specifies that this is to be an PVH domain. That is a lightweight HVM-like
+guest without a device model and without many of the emulated devices available
+to HVM guests. Note that this mode requires a PVH aware kernel.
+
=item B<type="hvm">
Specifies that this is to be an HVM domain. That is, a fully virtualised
@@ -496,6 +502,11 @@ Load the specified file as firmware for the guest.
=back
+=head4 PVH guest options
+
+Currently there's no firmware available for PVH guests, they should be booted
+using the B<Direct Kernel Boot> method or the B<bootloader> option.
+
=head3 Other Options
=over 4
@@ -2121,6 +2132,116 @@ See B<xen-pci-device-reservations(7)> for more
information.
=back
+=head2 PVH Guest Specific Options
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<nestedhvm=BOOLEAN>
+
+Enable or disables guest access to hardware virtualisation features,
+e.g. it allows a guest Operating System to also function as a
+hypervisor. You may want this
+option if you want to run another hypervisor (including another copy
+of Xen) within a Xen guest or to support a guest Operating System
+which uses hardware virtualisation extensions (e.g. Windows XP
+compatibility mode on more modern Windows OS).
+This option is disabled by default.
+
+=item B<apic=BOOLEAN>
+
+Enable the local APIC emulation for the guest. The local APIC information will
+be exposed to the guest in the ACPI tables. This option is enabled by
+default.
+
+=item B<bootloader="PROGRAM">
+
+Run C<PROGRAM> to find the kernel image and ramdisk to use. Normally
+C<PROGRAM> would be C<pygrub>, which is an emulation of
+grub/grub2/syslinux. Either B<kernel> or B<bootloader> must be specified
+for PV guests.
+
+=item B<bootloader_args=[ "ARG", "ARG", ...]>
+
+Append B<ARG>s to the arguments to the B<bootloader>
+program. Alternatively if the argument is a simple string then it will
+be split into words at whitespace B<(this second option is deprecated)>.
+
+=item B<timer_mode="MODE">
+
+Specifies the mode for Virtual Timers. The valid values are as follows:
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<delay_for_missed_ticks>
+
+Delay for missed ticks. Do not advance a vCPU's time beyond the
+correct delivery time for interrupts that have been missed due to
+preemption. Deliver missed interrupts when the vCPU is rescheduled and
+advance the vCPU's virtual time stepwise for each one.
+
+=item B<no_delay_for_missed_ticks>
+
+No delay for missed ticks. As above, missed interrupts are delivered,
+but guest time always tracks wallclock (i.e., real) time while doing
+so.
+
+=item B<no_missed_ticks_pending>
+
+No missed interrupts are held pending. Instead, to ensure ticks are
+delivered at some non-zero rate, if we detect missed ticks then the
+internal tick alarm is not disabled if the vCPU is preempted during
+the next tick period.
+
+=item B<one_missed_tick_pending>
+
+One missed tick pending. Missed interrupts are collapsed
+together and delivered as one 'late tick'. Guest time always tracks
+wallclock (i.e., real) time.
+
+=back
+
+=back
+
+=head3 Paging
+
+The following options control the mechanisms used to virtualise guest
+memory. The defaults are selected to give the best results for the
+common cases so you should normally leave these options
+unspecified.
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<hap=BOOLEAN>
+
+Turns "hardware assisted paging" (the use of the hardware nested page
+table feature) on or off. This feature is called EPT (Extended Page
+Tables) by Intel and NPT (Nested Page Tables) or RVI (Rapid
+Virtualisation Indexing) by AMD. If turned
+off, Xen will run the guest in "shadow page table" mode where the
+guest's page table updates and/or TLB flushes etc. will be emulated.
+Use of HAP is the default when available.
+
+=item B<oos=BOOLEAN>
+
+Turns "out of sync pagetables" on or off. When running in shadow page
+table mode, the guest's page table updates may be deferred as
+specified in the Intel/AMD architecture manuals. However, this may
+expose unexpected bugs in the guest, or find bugs in Xen, so it is
+possible to disable this feature. Use of out of sync page tables,
+when Xen thinks it appropriate, is the default.
+
+=item B<shadow_memory=MBYTES>
+
+Number of megabytes to set aside for shadowing guest pagetable pages
+(effectively acting as a cache of translated pages) or to use for HAP
+state. By default this is 1MB per guest vCPU plus 8KB per MB of guest
+RAM. You should not normally need to adjust this value. However, if you
+are not using hardware assisted paging (i.e. you are using shadow
+mode) and your guest workload consists of a very large number of
+similar processes then increasing this value may improve performance.
+
+=back
+
=head2 Device-Model Options
The following options control the selection of the device-model. This
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
index 2f03ebe586..75e85f8086 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_create.c
@@ -533,6 +533,7 @@ int libxl__domain_make(libxl__gc *gc, libxl_domain_config
*d_config,
{
libxl_ctx *ctx = libxl__gc_owner(gc);
int flags, ret, rc, nb_vm;
+ const char *dom_type;
char *uuid_string;
char *dom_path, *vm_path, *libxl_path;
struct xs_permissions roperm[2];
@@ -723,6 +724,11 @@ retry_transaction:
xs_write(ctx->xsh, t,
GCSPRINTF("%s/control/platform-feature-multiprocessor-suspend", dom_path), "1",
1);
xs_write(ctx->xsh, t,
GCSPRINTF("%s/control/platform-feature-xs_reset_watches", dom_path), "1", 1);
+
+ dom_type = libxl_domain_type_to_string(info->type);
+ xs_write(ctx->xsh, t, GCSPRINTF("%s/type", libxl_path), dom_type,
+ strlen(dom_type));
+
if (!xs_transaction_end(ctx->xsh, t, 0)) {
if (errno == EAGAIN) {
t = 0;
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c b/tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c
index 33213db388..5ef35e66bf 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_dom.c
@@ -38,9 +38,31 @@ libxl_domain_type libxl__domain_type(libxl__gc *gc, uint32_t
domid)
LOG(ERROR, "unable to get domain type for domid=%"PRIu32, domid);
return LIBXL_DOMAIN_TYPE_INVALID;
}
- if (info.flags & XEN_DOMINF_hvm_guest)
- return LIBXL_DOMAIN_TYPE_HVM;
- else
+ if (info.flags & XEN_DOMINF_hvm_guest) {
+ const char *type_path = GCSPRINTF("%s/type",
+ libxl__xs_libxl_path(gc, domid));
+ const char *type;
+ libxl_domain_type t;
+ int rc;
+
+ rc = libxl__xs_read_mandatory(gc, XBT_NULL, type_path, &type);
+ if (rc) {
+ LOG(WARN,
+ "unable to get domain type for domid=%"PRIu32", assuming HVM",
+ domid);
+ return LIBXL_DOMAIN_TYPE_HVM;
+ }
+
+ rc = libxl_domain_type_from_string(type, &t);
+ if (rc) {
+ LOG(WARN,
+ "unable to get domain type for domid=%"PRIu32", assuming HVM",
+ domid);
+ return LIBXL_DOMAIN_TYPE_HVM;
+ }
+
+ return t;
+ } else
return LIBXL_DOMAIN_TYPE_PV;
}
diff --git a/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl b/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
index bf1652d367..0475bddc59 100644
--- a/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
+++ b/tools/libxl/libxl_types.idl
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ libxl_domain_type = Enumeration("domain_type", [
(-1, "INVALID"),
(1, "HVM"),
(2, "PV"),
+ (3, "PVH"),
], init_val = "LIBXL_DOMAIN_TYPE_INVALID")
libxl_rdm_reserve_strategy = Enumeration("rdm_reserve_strategy", [
@@ -589,6 +590,7 @@ libxl_domain_build_info = Struct("domain_build_info",[
# Use host's E820 for PCI passthrough.
("e820_host", libxl_defbool),
])),
+ ("pvh", None),
("invalid", None),
], keyvar_init_val = "LIBXL_DOMAIN_TYPE_INVALID")),
--
2.11.0 (Apple Git-81)
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