RE: [PATCH v10 05/12] perf/x86/intel/pt: Introduce a new function to get capability of Intel PT

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> >>> --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c
> >>> +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/pt.c
> >>> @@ -76,14 +76,20 @@
> >>> 	PT_CAP(psb_periods,		1, CPUID_EBX, 0xffff0000),
> >>> };
> >>>
> >>> -u32 pt_cap_get(enum pt_capabilities cap)
> >>> +u32 pt_cap_decode(u32 *caps, enum pt_capabilities cap)
> >>> {
> >>> 	struct pt_cap_desc *cd = &pt_caps[cap];
> >>> -	u32 c = pt_pmu.caps[cd->leaf * PT_CPUID_REGS_NUM + cd->reg];
> >>> +	u32 c = caps[cd->leaf * PT_CPUID_REGS_NUM + cd->reg];
> >>
> >> We are accessing offset "cd->leaf * PT_CPUID_REGS_NUM + cd->reg" of
> >> array caps. But the array may not be big enough. Is it sufficient to use "struct pt_pmu *pt_pmu" and "pt_pmu->caps" instead?
> >>
> >
> > Thanks for your review.
> > Function pt_cap_get()  can get the capability of native because "pt_pmu.caps[] " include native Intel PT CPUID info.
> > In virtualization, the guest CPUID info is configurable. So I introduce this function pt_cap_decode() to check if guest CPUID support
> specific capability. I introduce a structure "struct pt_desc" which include a member "u32 caps[PT_CPUID_REGS_NUM *
> PT_CPUID_LEAVES]" like native "struct pt_pmu" in patch 8.
> > So, I can't use "struct pt_pmu *pt_pmu" or "pt_pmu->caps" here because they are native parameter not guest.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Luwei Kang
> 
> Thanks for the explanation. I think this is OK.
> 
> Acked-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@xxxxxx>

Thanks for your review. I sent another suggestion before read this mail. Please ignore if no necessary.

Thanks,
Luwei Kang

> 
> 
> 
> >>
> >>> 	unsigned int shift = __ffs(cd->mask);
> >>>
> >>> 	return (c & cd->mask) >> shift;
> >>> }
> >>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pt_cap_decode);
> >>> +
> >>> +u32 pt_cap_get(enum pt_capabilities cap) {
> >>> +	return pt_cap_decode(pt_pmu.caps, cap); }
> >>> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(pt_cap_get);
> >>>
> >>> static ssize_t pt_cap_show(struct device *cdev, diff --git
> >>> a/arch/x86/include/asm/intel_pt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/intel_pt.h
> >>> index 2de4db0..9c71453 100644
> >>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/intel_pt.h
> >>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/intel_pt.h
> >>> @@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ enum pt_capabilities { #if
> >>> defined(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS) && defined(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_INTEL) void
> >>> cpu_emergency_stop_pt(void); extern u32 pt_cap_get(enum
> >>> pt_capabilities cap);
> >>> +extern u32 pt_cap_decode(u32 *caps, enum pt_capabilities cap);
> >>> #else
> >>> static inline void cpu_emergency_stop_pt(void) {} static inline u32
> >>> pt_cap_get(enum pt_capabilities cap) { return 0; }
> >>> +static u32 pt_cap_decode(u32 *caps, enum pt_capabilities cap) {
> >>> +return 0; }
> >>> #endif
> >>>
> >>> #endif /* _ASM_X86_INTEL_PT_H */
> >>> --
> >>> 1.8.3.1
> >>>
> >




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