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24-Apr-2017 |
Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> |
kvm, arm: Don't forward IRQ/FIQ when using the kernel's GIC
The BaseArmKvmCPU is responsible for forwarding the IRQ and FIQ signals from gem5's simulated GIC to KVM. However, these signals shouldn't be used when the in-kernel GIC emulator is used.
Instead of delivering the interrupts to the guest, we should just ignore them since any such pending interrupts are likely to be an artifact of CPU switching or incorrect draining.
Change-Id: I083b72639384272157f92f44a6606bdf0be7413c Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Sudhanshu Jha <sudhanshu.jha@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Curtis Dunham <curtis.dunham@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/3660
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27-Jan-2017 |
Curtis Dunham <Curtis.Dunham@arm.com> |
arm, kvm: implement GIC state transfer
This also allows checkpointing of a Kvm GIC via the Pl390 model.
Change-Id: Ic85d81cfefad630617491b732398f5e6a5f34c0b Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/2444 Maintainer: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Weiping Liao <weipingliao@google.com>
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14-Feb-2017 |
Curtis Dunham <Curtis.Dunham@arm.com> |
sim, kvm: make KvmVM a System parameter
A KVM VM is typically a child of the System object already, but for solving future issues with configuration graph resolution, the most logical way to keep track of this object is for it to be an actual parameter of the System object.
Change-Id: I965ded22203ff8667db9ca02de0042ff1c772220 Reviewed-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
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27-Nov-2015 |
Andreas Sandberg <andreas@sandberg.pp.se> |
kvm: Shutdown KVM and disconnect performance counters on fork
We can't/shouldn't use KVM after a fork since the child and parent probably point to the same VM. Knowing the exact effects of this is hard, but they are likely to be messy. We also disconnect the performance counters attached to the guest. This works around what seems to be a kernel bug where spurious SIGIOs get delivered to the forked child process.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas@sandberg.pp.se> [sascha.bischoff@arm.com: Rebased patches onto a newer gem5 version] Signed-off-by: Sascha Bischoff <sascha.bischoff@arm.com> [andreas.sandberg@arm.com: Fatal if entering KVM in child process ] Signed-off-by: Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com>
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01-Jun-2015 |
Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> |
kvm, arm: Add support for aarch64
This changeset adds support for aarch64 in kvm. The CPU module supports both checkpointing and online CPU model switching as long as no devices are simulated by the host kernel. It currently has the following limitations:
* The system register based generic timer can only be simulated by the host kernel. Workaround: Use a memory mapped timer instead to simulate the timer in gem5.
* Simulating devices (e.g., the generic timer) in the host kernel requires that the host kernel also simulates the GIC.
* ID registers in the host and in gem5 must match for switching between simulated CPUs and KVM. This is particularly important for ID registers describing memory system capabilities (e.g., ASID size, physical address size).
* Switching between a virtualized CPU and a simulated CPU is currently not supported if in-kernel device emulation is used. This could be worked around by adding support for switching to the gem5 (e.g., the KvmGic) side of the device models. A simpler workaround is to avoid in-kernel device models altogether.
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01-Jun-2015 |
Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> |
kvm, arm, dev: Add an in-kernel GIC implementation
This changeset adds a GIC implementation that uses the kernel's built-in support for simulating the interrupt controller. Since there is currently no support for state transfer between gem5 and the kernel, the device model does not support serialization and CPU switching (which would require switching to a gem5-simulated GIC).
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23-May-2015 |
Andreas Sandberg <andreas.sandberg@arm.com> |
kvm, x86: Guard x86-specific APIs in KvmVM
Protect x86-specific APIs in KvmVM with compile-time guards to avoid breaking ARM builds.
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10-Dec-2014 |
Gabe Black <gabeblack@google.com> |
Let other objects set up memory like regions in a KVM VM.
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24-Sep-2013 |
Andreas Sandberg <andreas@sandberg.pp.se> |
kvm: Initial x86 support
This changeset adds support for KVM on x86. Full support is split across a number of commits since some features are relatively complex. This changeset includes support for:
* Integer state synchronization (including segment regs) * CPUID (gem5's CPUID values are inserted into KVM) * x86 legacy IO (remapped and handled by gem5's memory system) * Memory mapped IO * PCI * MSRs * State dumping
Most of the functionality is fairly straight forward. There are some quirks to support PCI enumerations since this is done in the TLB(!) in the simulated CPUs. We currently replicate some of that code.
Unlike the ARM implementation, the x86 implementation of the virtual CPU does not use the cycles hardware counter. KVM on x86 simulates the time stamp counter (TSC) in the kernel. If we just measure host cycles using perfevent, we might end up measuring a slightly different number of cycles. If we don't get the cycle accounting right, we might end up rewinding the TSC, with all kinds of chaos as a result.
An additional feature of the KVM CPU on x86 is extended state dumping. This enables Python scripts controlling the simulator to request dumping of a subset of the processor state. The following methods are currenlty supported:
* dumpFpuRegs * dumpIntRegs * dumpSpecRegs * dumpDebugRegs * dumpXCRs * dumpXSave * dumpVCpuEvents * dumpMSRs
Known limitations: * M5 ops are currently not supported. * FPU synchronization is not supported (only affects CPU switching).
Both of the limitations will be addressed in separate commits.
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22-Apr-2013 |
Andreas Sandberg <Andreas.Sandberg@ARM.com> |
kvm: Basic support for hardware virtualized CPUs
This changeset introduces the architecture independent parts required to support KVM-accelerated CPUs. It introduces two new simulation objects:
KvmVM -- The KVM VM is a component shared between all CPUs in a shared memory domain. It is typically instantiated as a child of the system object in the simulation hierarchy. It provides access to KVM VM specific interfaces.
BaseKvmCPU -- Abstract base class for all KVM-based CPUs. Architecture dependent CPU implementations inherit from this class and implement the following methods:
* updateKvmState() -- Update the architecture-dependent KVM state from the gem5 thread context associated with the CPU.
* updateThreadContext() -- Update the thread context from the architecture-dependent KVM state.
* dump() -- Dump the KVM state using (optional).
In order to deliver interrupts to the guest, CPU implementations typically override the tick() method and check for, and deliver, interrupts prior to entering KVM.
Hardware-virutalized CPU currently have the following limitations: * SE mode is not supported. * PC events are not supported. * Timing statistics are currently very limited. The current approach simply scales the host cycles with a user-configurable factor. * The simulated system must not contain any caches. * Since cycle counts are approximate, there is no way to request an exact number of cycles (or instructions) to be executed by the CPU. * Hardware virtualized CPUs and gem5 CPUs must not execute at the same time in the same simulator instance. * Only single-CPU systems can be simulated. * Remote GDB connections to the guest system are not supported.
Additionally, m5ops requires an architecture specific interface and might not be supported.
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