On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 02:28:51PM +0000, Suzuki K Poulose wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > On 04/02/2019 16:53, Andrew Murray wrote: > > The perf event sample_period is currently set based upon the current > > counter value, when PMXEVTYPER is written to and the perf event is created. > > However the user may choose to write the type before the counter value in > > which case sample_period will be set incorrectly. Let's instead decouple > > event creation from PMXEVTYPER and (re)create the event in either > > suitation. > > > > Signed-off-by: Andrew Murray <andrew.murray at arm.com> > > --- > > virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- > > 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c b/virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c > > index 6e7c179..95d74ec 100644 > > --- a/virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c > > +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c > > @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ > > #include <kvm/arm_pmu.h> > > #include <kvm/arm_vgic.h> > > +static void kvm_pmu_create_perf_event(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 select_idx); > > /** > > * kvm_pmu_get_counter_value - get PMU counter value > > * @vcpu: The vcpu pointer > > @@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ void kvm_pmu_set_counter_value(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 select_idx, u64 val) > > reg = (select_idx == ARMV8_PMU_CYCLE_IDX) > > ? PMCCNTR_EL0 : PMEVCNTR0_EL0 + select_idx; > > __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, reg) += (s64)val - kvm_pmu_get_counter_value(vcpu, select_idx); > > + > > + /* Recreate the perf event to reflect the updated sample_period */ > > + kvm_pmu_create_perf_event(vcpu, select_idx); > > } > > /** > > @@ -378,23 +382,22 @@ static bool kvm_pmu_counter_is_enabled(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 select_idx) > > } > > /** > > - * kvm_pmu_set_counter_event_type - set selected counter to monitor some event > > + * kvm_pmu_create_perf_event - create a perf event for a counter > > * @vcpu: The vcpu pointer > > - * @data: The data guest writes to PMXEVTYPER_EL0 > > + * @data: Type of event as per PMXEVTYPER_EL0 format > > * @select_idx: The number of selected counter > > nit: data no longer exists. > Thanks for the review, Andrew Murray > > > - * > > - * When OS accesses PMXEVTYPER_EL0, that means it wants to set a PMC to count an > > - * event with given hardware event number. Here we call perf_event API to > > - * emulate this action and create a kernel perf event for it. > > */ > > -void kvm_pmu_set_counter_event_type(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 data, > > - u64 select_idx) > > +static void kvm_pmu_create_perf_event(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 select_idx) > > { > > With the comment from Julien addressed, > > Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulse at arm.com>