KVM: Introduce paravirtualization hints and KVM_HINTS_DEDICATED
This patch introduces kvm_para_has_hint() to query for hints about
the configuration of the guests. The first hint KVM_HINTS_DEDICATED,
is set if the guest has dedicated physical CPUs for each vCPU (i.e.
pinning and no over-commitment). This allows optimizing spinlocks
and tells the guest to avoid PV TLB flush.
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Cc: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_para.h b/include/linux/kvm_para.h
index 51f6ef2..f23b90b 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_para.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_para.h
@@ -9,4 +9,9 @@ static inline bool kvm_para_has_feature(unsigned int feature)
{
return !!(kvm_arch_para_features() & (1UL << feature));
}
+
+static inline bool kvm_para_has_hint(unsigned int feature)
+{
+ return !!(kvm_arch_para_hints() & (1UL << feature));
+}
#endif /* __LINUX_KVM_PARA_H */