KVM: Use kmem cache for allocating vcpus
Avi wants the allocations of vcpus centralized again. The easiest way
is to add a "size" arg to kvm_init_arch, and expose the thus-prepared
cache to the modules.
Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@qumranet.com>
diff --git a/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c b/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 4bbd89e..4166a08 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/drivers/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
static cpumask_t cpus_hardware_enabled;
struct kvm_arch_ops *kvm_arch_ops;
+struct kmem_cache *kvm_vcpu_cache;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_vcpu_cache);
static __read_mostly struct preempt_ops kvm_preempt_ops;
@@ -3104,7 +3106,8 @@
kvm_arch_ops->vcpu_put(vcpu);
}
-int kvm_init_arch(struct kvm_arch_ops *ops, struct module *module)
+int kvm_init_arch(struct kvm_arch_ops *ops, unsigned int vcpu_size,
+ struct module *module)
{
int r;
@@ -3142,6 +3145,14 @@
if (r)
goto out_free_3;
+ /* A kmem cache lets us meet the alignment requirements of fx_save. */
+ kvm_vcpu_cache = kmem_cache_create("kvm_vcpu", vcpu_size,
+ __alignof__(struct kvm_vcpu), 0, 0);
+ if (!kvm_vcpu_cache) {
+ r = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out_free_4;
+ }
+
kvm_chardev_ops.owner = module;
r = misc_register(&kvm_dev);
@@ -3156,6 +3167,8 @@
return r;
out_free:
+ kmem_cache_destroy(kvm_vcpu_cache);
+out_free_4:
sysdev_unregister(&kvm_sysdev);
out_free_3:
sysdev_class_unregister(&kvm_sysdev_class);
@@ -3173,6 +3186,7 @@
void kvm_exit_arch(void)
{
misc_deregister(&kvm_dev);
+ kmem_cache_destroy(kvm_vcpu_cache);
sysdev_unregister(&kvm_sysdev);
sysdev_class_unregister(&kvm_sysdev_class);
unregister_reboot_notifier(&kvm_reboot_notifier);