KVM: x86: Add module parameter for supporting VMware backdoor

Support access to VMware backdoor requires KVM to intercept #GP
exceptions from guest which introduce slight performance hit.
Therefore, control this support by module parameter.

Note that module parameter is exported as it should be consumed by
kvm_intel & kvm_amd to determine if they should intercept #GP or not.

This commit doesn't change semantics.
It is done as a preparation for future commits.

Signed-off-by: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Nikita Leshenko <nikita.leshchenko@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 1d1d53f85ddd79ce2218b7274b3114f41493ac3a..0f5e3c8eaf5da58ec4605dd0495d6188d40f7fc6 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1887,6 +1887,9 @@
        kvm.ignore_msrs=[KVM] Ignore guest accesses to unhandled MSRs.
                        Default is 0 (don't ignore, but inject #GP)
 
+       kvm.enable_vmware_backdoor=[KVM] Support VMware backdoor PV interface.
+                                  Default is false (don't support).
+
        kvm.mmu_audit=  [KVM] This is a R/W parameter which allows audit
                        KVM MMU at runtime.
                        Default is 0 (off)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 841d9bb2d68c49097d2cb390a8d5a5a96cfb7b79..172f703552ca4519f33e5c1224ba1a46c6baffd2 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ module_param(lapic_timer_advance_ns, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 static bool __read_mostly vector_hashing = true;
 module_param(vector_hashing, bool, S_IRUGO);
 
+bool __read_mostly enable_vmware_backdoor = false;
+module_param(enable_vmware_backdoor, bool, S_IRUGO);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(enable_vmware_backdoor);
+
 #define KVM_NR_SHARED_MSRS 16
 
 struct kvm_shared_msrs_global {

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
index b91215d1fd80d6d016452b3a2e74e7b5ee4fd461..18e2e0a91edcd4e3c61fc878aafb9b5004667547 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ extern unsigned int min_timer_period_us;
 
 extern unsigned int lapic_timer_advance_ns;
 
+extern bool enable_vmware_backdoor;
+
 extern struct static_key kvm_no_apic_vcpu;
 
 static inline u64 nsec_to_cycles(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 nsec)