KVM: s390: introduce module parameter kvm.use_gisa
The boolean module parameter "kvm.use_gisa" controls if newly
created guests will use the GISA facility if provided by the
host system. The default is yes.
# cat /sys/module/kvm/parameters/use_gisa
Y
The parameter can be changed on the fly.
# echo N > /sys/module/kvm/parameters/use_gisa
Already running guests are not affected by this change.
The kvm s390 debug feature shows if a guest is running with GISA.
# grep gisa /sys/kernel/debug/s390dbf/kvm-$pid/sprintf
00
01582725059:843303 3 - 08
00000000e119bc01 gisa 0x00000000c9ac2642 initialized
00
01582725059:903840 3 - 11
000000004391ee22 00[
0000000000000000-
0000000000000000]: AIV gisa format-1 enabled for cpu 000
...
00
01582725059:916847 3 - 08
0000000094fff572 gisa 0x00000000c9ac2642 cleared
In general, that value should not be changed as the GISA facility
enhances interruption delivery performance.
A reason to switch the GISA facility off might be a performance
comparison run or debugging.
Signed-off-by: Michael Mueller <mimu@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200227091031.102993-1-mimu@linux.ibm.com
Reviewed-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@de.ibm.com>