Quoting Boris Fiuczynski (2018-10-25 07:35:44)
On 10/25/18 1:54 PM, Boris Fiuczynski wrote:
> On 10/25/18 5:17 AM, Chris Venteicher wrote:
>> Quoting Thomas Huth (2018-10-19 06:58:34)
>>> On 2018-10-18 16:54, Boris Fiuczynski wrote:
>>>> Introduce vfio-ap capability.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Boris Fiuczynski <fiuczy(a)linux.ibm.com>
>>>> Reviewed-by: Bjoern Walk <bwalk(a)linux.ibm.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c | 2 ++
>>>> src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h | 1 +
>>>> 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
>>>> b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
>>>> index e228f52ec0..2ca5af3297 100644
>>>> --- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
>>>> +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
>>>> @@ -508,6 +508,7 @@ VIR_ENUM_IMPL(virQEMUCaps, QEMU_CAPS_LAST,
>>>> /* 315 */
>>>> "vfio-pci.display",
>>>> "blockdev",
>>>> + "vfio-ap",
>>>> );
>>
>> The statement "On s390, we have cryptographic coprocessor cards,
>> which are modeled on Linux as devices on the AP bus."
>> was made in email titled "s390: vfio-ap: guest dedicated crypto
adapters"
>>
> Patch 6 of the qemu patch series
> (
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2018-10/msg01997.html)
> has a very detailed documentation (docs/vfio-ap.txt) covering IBM
> Adjunct Processor (AP) Cryptographic Facility.
>
>> Does this imply other devices can exist on an AP Bus?
> The AP bus is a linux construct used to represent the cryptographic
> devices available via the Adjunct Processor Cryptographic Facility.
> This implies even so there are different cards they all are crypto cards.
>
>>
>> Any chance this should be something like "vfio-ap.crypto" in the same
>> way a "vfio-pci.display" entry is listed above seemingly implying a
>> display device on a more generic pci bus? Or does "vfio-ap" always
imply
>> crypto?
> Yes, it always is crypto only. Actually a vfio-ap mediated device is
> used to specify the configuration of the ap bus including all cards,
> usage domains and control domains passed into a qemu guest.
>
>>
>> Having difficulty sorting out the relationships between adjunct
>> processor, crypto processor and ap bus from the patch docs and initial
>> review of the references.
> Maybe the KVM forum session of Halil Pasic can help a bit...?
>
https://events.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/vfio-ap-The...
Or you could have a look at "Chapter 47. Generic cryptographic device
driver" here:
http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/dw/linux390/docu/l418dd35.pdf
Thanks for the info. The Halil 2018 doc was good for orienting.
Can't say I understand the details but I don't see problems in the
source code it's self.
Reviewed-by: Chris Venteicher <cventeic(a)redhat.com>
>
>
>>
>>>>
>>>> @@ -1092,6 +1093,7 @@ struct virQEMUCapsStringFlags
>>>> virQEMUCapsObjectTypes[] = {
>>>> { "vhost-vsock-device", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VHOST_VSOCK },
>>>> { "mch", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_MCH },
>>>> { "sev-guest", QEMU_CAPS_SEV_GUEST },
>>>> + { "vfio-ap", QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VFIO_AP },
>>>> };
>>>> static struct virQEMUCapsStringFlags
>>>> virQEMUCapsDevicePropsVirtioBalloon[] = {
>>>> diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
>>>> b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
>>>> index 934620ed31..6bb9a2c8f0 100644
>>>> --- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
>>>> +++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.h
>>>> @@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ typedef enum { /* virQEMUCapsFlags grouping
>>>> marker for syntax-check */
>>>> /* 315 */
>>>> QEMU_CAPS_VFIO_PCI_DISPLAY, /* -device vfio-pci.display */
>>>> QEMU_CAPS_BLOCKDEV, /* -blockdev and blockdev-add are
>>>> supported */
>>>> + QEMU_CAPS_DEVICE_VFIO_AP, /* -device vfio-ap */
>>>> QEMU_CAPS_LAST /* this must always be the last item */
>>>> } virQEMUCapsFlags;
>>>>
>>>
>>> Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth(a)redhat.com>
>>>
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