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2016-07-18kvm: vmx: rename vmx_pre/post_block to pi_pre/post_blockYunhong Jiang1-2/+15
Prepare to switch from preemption timer to hrtimer in the vmx_pre/post_block. Current functions are only for posted interrupt, rename them accordingly. upstream-status: backport Change-Id: Ie1dde9be21deeb661de095e07d6c29bcba2e7d73 Signed-off-by: Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@linux.intel.com>
2016-07-18KVM: x86: support using the vmx preemption timer for tsc deadline timerYunhong Jiang5-1/+100
The VMX preemption timer can be used to virtualize the TSC deadline timer. The VMX preemption timer is armed when the vCPU is running, and a VMExit will happen if the virtual TSC deadline timer expires. When the vCPU thread is blocked because of HLT, KVM will switch to use an hrtimer, and then go back to the VMX preemption timer when the vCPU thread is unblocked. This solution avoids the complex OS's hrtimer system, and the host timer interrupt handling cost, replacing them with a little math (for guest->host TSC and host TSC->preemption timer conversion) and a cheaper VMexit. This benefits latency for isolated pCPUs. [A word about performance... Yunhong reported a 30% reduction in average latency from cyclictest. I made a similar test with tscdeadline_latency from kvm-unit-tests, and measured - ~20 clock cycles loss (out of ~3200, so less than 1% but still statistically significant) in the worst case where the test halts just after programming the TSC deadline timer - ~800 clock cycles gain (25% reduction in latency) in the best case where the test busy waits. I removed the VMX bits from Yunhong's patch, to concentrate them in the next patch - Paolo] Signed-off-by: Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Change-Id: I4aa1ecfa3463d1cbfb317511b45d2074b33d9b6f upstream-status: backport Signed-off-by: Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@linux.intel.com>
2016-07-18kvm: lapic: separate start_sw_tscdeadline from start_apic_timerYunhong Jiang1-26/+31
The function to start the tsc deadline timer virtualization will be used also by the pre_block hook when we use the preemption timer; change it to a separate function. No logic changes. upstream-status: backport Change-Id: Ie2fc19108c3252f8a299b17aba16c14aa8d31ae8 Signed-off-by: Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@linux.intel.com>
2016-05-13Build uio as module to fix initialization of i40e devicesJosé Pekkarinen1-1/+1
in bare metal execution of dpdk-16.04. Upstream: NA. Change-Id: Ia98461b15348a667c4989dfe1399f0c5bc0f0c12 Signed-off-by: José Pekkarinen <jose.pekkarinen@nokia.com>
2016-04-25Add kernel modules required for OPNFVDon Dugger1-130/+732
The OPNFV environment requires many kernel modules that are not part of the default RT kernel environment. This patch adds those modules back in. Upstream status: NA Change-Id: Id4e63f3d2dd3e19614e9e080adf1cdae9ab26ee1
2016-04-22Update opnfv kernel config for the new kernel 4.4.6-rt14.José Pekkarinen1-67/+237
This config file is based in the previous one, adding the changes needed in the config file for this new kernel version. It has been added in kernel support for CephFS. Upstream: NA. Change-Id: I1de8b4678bdfa81f4fc204f4a02d11f11cb5ae87 Signed-off-by: José Pekkarinen <jose.pekkarinen@nokia.com>
2016-04-13These changes are the raw update to linux-4.4.6-rt14. Kernel sourcesJosé Pekkarinen4401-108088/+188138
are taken from kernel.org, and rt patch from the rt wiki download page. During the rebasing, the following patch collided: Force tick interrupt and get rid of softirq magic(I70131fb85). Collisions have been removed because its logic was found on the source already. Change-Id: I7f57a4081d9deaa0d9ccfc41a6c8daccdee3b769 Signed-off-by: José Pekkarinen <jose.pekkarinen@nokia.com>
2016-01-06Merge "Build vfio-pci as a module, as dpdk tools expect it to be."Don Dugger1-2/+2
2016-01-06Fix for KVMFORNFV-23(Fuel installed KVM kernel blank screens on boot).José Pekkarinen1-2/+2
The configuration of the kernel enables the framebuffer console without any framebuffer selected other than i915. Adding the VESA compliant framebuffer should fix this issue. Change-Id: Icc384e05774e1de20985aeb19dfef25ae2431bb6 Signed-off-by: José Pekkarinen <jose.pekkarinen@nokia.com>
2015-12-02Add virtual functions support to ixgbe and i40e.José Pekkarinen1-1/+1
Change-Id: Iecc8205f443e2e47fc955c80bf6f0aa55db75447 Signed-off-by: José Pekkarinen <jose.pekkarinen@nokia.com>
2015-11-20Add configuration to support OVS kernel moduleYunhong Jiang1-7/+13
OVS kernel module is important for NFV. The existed kernel config misses several important kernel configuration, mostly for VxLAN, which is required by the OVS kernel module. Also add the OVS as a module, so that user can use it if needed, or replace it when use the OPNFV patched OVS module. Change-Id: I032f84e0468fc2614557274a50f30d502d39cc52 Signed-off-by: Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@intel.com>
2015-11-17Fix systemd boot.José Pekkarinen1-1/+1
Change-Id: I3e91161abafc62554e793e4851df639c099421e7 Signed-off-by: José Pekkarinen <jose.pekkarinen@nokia.com>
2015-11-17Build vfio-pci as a module, as dpdk tools expect it to be.José Pekkarinen1-2/+2
Change-Id: I4c0fe67609fc74fc60e6a2c99d448fd47a6d2a86 Signed-off-by: José Pekkarinen <jose.pekkarinen@nokia.com>
2015-11-17Update the kernel config to match the kernel version shipped.José Pekkarinen1-1/+2
Change-Id: Icd51e1625a57867b2f79cb2b2d1ab21b23bd80e0 Signed-off-by: José Pekkarinen <jose.pekkarinen@nokia.com>
2015-11-03Merge "Add the opnfv kernel config file"Don Dugger1-0/+3741
2015-10-29Add the opnfv kernel config fileYunhong Jiang1-0/+3741
Kernel config is important for RT linux. A specific config file is provided for the opnfv project to build the reference config options. Currently this config file is assumed to be used for both host and guest kernel. We may split them in future. Change-Id: Ia9ebe0bc002518bb603af8901c6f31531d2f0cee Signed-off-by: Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@intel.com>
2015-10-19These changes are a raw update to a vanilla kernel 4.1.10, with theJosé Pekkarinen61-362/+561
recently announced rt patch patch-4.1.10-rt10.patch. No further changes needed. Change-Id: I9a0cf084498133b10771e744b6da4b29dff706ba Signed-off-by: José Pekkarinen <jose.pekkarinen@nokia.com>
2015-10-09Kernel bump from 4.1.3-rt to 4.1.7-rt.José Pekkarinen149-1330/+1285
These changes brings a vanilla kernel from kernel.org, and the patch applied for rt is patch-4.1.7-rt8.patch. No further changes needed. Change-Id: Id8dd03c2ddd971e4d1d69b905f3069737053b700 Signed-off-by: José Pekkarinen <jose.pekkarinen@nokia.com>
2015-08-04Add the rt linux 4.1.3-rt3 as baseYunhong Jiang15866-0/+3365801
Import the rt linux 4.1.3-rt3 as OPNFV kvm base. It's from git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/rt/linux-rt-devel.git linux-4.1.y-rt and the base is: commit 0917f823c59692d751951bf5ea699a2d1e2f26a2 Author: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Date: Sat Jul 25 12:13:34 2015 +0200 Prepare v4.1.3-rt3 Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> We lose all the git history this way and it's not good. We should apply another opnfv project repo in future. Change-Id: I87543d81c9df70d99c5001fbdf646b202c19f423 Signed-off-by: Yunhong Jiang <yunhong.jiang@intel.com>