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authorIgor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com>2019-12-09 14:09:01 +0100
committerMichael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>2020-01-22 00:23:07 -0500
commitae340aa3d2567694c48737939496c1e699cad7e2 (patch)
tree78b2d538ffa9bdaca44f521305b86162d2f4dfcd /docs
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acpi: cpuhp: spec: add typical usecases
Document work-flows for * enabling/detecting modern CPU hotplug interface * finding a CPU with pending 'insert/remove' event * enumerating present and possible CPUs Signed-off-by: Igor Mammedov <imammedo@redhat.com> Message-Id: <1575896942-331151-9-git-send-email-imammedo@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com>
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-rw-r--r--docs/specs/acpi_cpu_hotplug.txt51
1 files changed, 48 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/docs/specs/acpi_cpu_hotplug.txt b/docs/specs/acpi_cpu_hotplug.txt
index 9879f9ef7e..cb99cf3c8e 100644
--- a/docs/specs/acpi_cpu_hotplug.txt
+++ b/docs/specs/acpi_cpu_hotplug.txt
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ CPU present bitmap for:
PIIX-PM (IO port 0xaf00-0xaf1f, 1-byte access)
One bit per CPU. Bit position reflects corresponding CPU APIC ID. Read-only.
The first DWORD in bitmap is used in write mode to switch from legacy
- to new CPU hotplug interface, write 0 into it to do switch.
+ to modern CPU hotplug interface, write 0 into it to do switch.
---------------------------------------------------------------
QEMU sets corresponding CPU bit on hot-add event and issues SCI
with GPE.2 event set. CPU present map is read by ACPI BIOS GPE.2 handler
to notify OS about CPU hot-add events. CPU hot-remove isn't supported.
=====================================
-ACPI CPU hotplug interface registers:
+Modern ACPI CPU hotplug interface registers:
-------------------------------------
Register block base address:
ICH9-LPC IO port 0x0cd8
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ write access:
[0x0-0x3] CPU selector: (DWORD access)
selects active CPU device. All following accesses to other
registers will read/store data from/to selected CPU.
+ Valid values: [0 .. max_cpus)
[0x4] CPU device control fields: (1 byte access)
bits:
0: reserved, OSPM must clear it before writing to register.
@@ -98,4 +99,48 @@ write access:
2: stores value into OST status register, triggers
ACPI_DEVICE_OST QMP event from QEMU to external applications
with current values of OST event and status registers.
- other values: reserved
+ other values: reserved
+
+Typical usecases:
+ - (x86) Detecting and enabling modern CPU hotplug interface.
+ QEMU starts with legacy CPU hotplug interface enabled. Detecting and
+ switching to modern interface is based on the 2 legacy CPU hotplug features:
+ 1. Writes into CPU bitmap are ignored.
+ 2. CPU bitmap always has bit#0 set, corresponding to boot CPU.
+
+ Use following steps to detect and enable modern CPU hotplug interface:
+ 1. Store 0x0 to the 'CPU selector' register,
+ attempting to switch to modern mode
+ 2. Store 0x0 to the 'CPU selector' register,
+ to ensure valid selector value
+ 3. Store 0x0 to the 'Command field' register,
+ 4. Read the 'Command data 2' register.
+ If read value is 0x0, the modern interface is enabled.
+ Otherwise legacy or no CPU hotplug interface available
+
+ - Get a cpu with pending event
+ 1. Store 0x0 to the 'CPU selector' register.
+ 2. Store 0x0 to the 'Command field' register.
+ 3. Read the 'CPU device status fields' register.
+ 4. If both bit#1 and bit#2 are clear in the value read, there is no CPU
+ with a pending event and selected CPU remains unchanged.
+ 5. Otherwise, read the 'Command data' register. The value read is the
+ selector of the CPU with the pending event (which is already
+ selected).
+
+ - Enumerate CPUs present/non present CPUs
+ 01. Set the present CPU count to 0.
+ 02. Set the iterator to 0.
+ 03. Store 0x0 to the 'CPU selector' register, to ensure that it's in
+ a valid state and that access to other registers won't be ignored.
+ 04. Store 0x0 to the 'Command field' register to make 'Command data'
+ register return 'CPU selector' value of selected CPU
+ 05. Read the 'CPU device status fields' register.
+ 06. If bit#0 is set, increment the present CPU count.
+ 07. Increment the iterator.
+ 08. Store the iterator to the 'CPU selector' register.
+ 09. Read the 'Command data' register.
+ 10. If the value read is not zero, goto 05.
+ 11. Otherwise store 0x0 to the 'CPU selector' register, to put it
+ into a valid state and exit.
+ The iterator at this point equals "max_cpus".