Re: [PATCH 05/16] KVM: arm64: timers: Convert per-vcpu virtual offset to a global value

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On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 06:15:56 +0000,
Reiji Watanabe <reijiw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Marc,
> 
> On Thu, Feb 16, 2023 at 6:21 AM Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Having a per-vcpu virtual offset is a pain. It needs to be synchronized
> > on each update, and expands badly to a setup where different timers can
> > have different offsets, or have composite offsets (as with NV).
> >
> > So let's start by replacing the use of the CNTVOFF_EL2 shadow register
> > (which we want to reclaim for NV anyway), and make the virtual timer
> > carry a pointer to a VM-wide offset.
> 
> That's nice!
> 
> >
> > This simplifies the code significantly.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h |  3 +++
> >  arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c       | 45 +++++++------------------------
> >  arch/arm64/kvm/hypercalls.c       |  2 +-
> >  include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h      | 15 +++++++++++
> >  4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > index 2a8175f38439..3adac0c5e175 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > @@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ struct kvm_arch {
> >         /* Interrupt controller */
> >         struct vgic_dist        vgic;
> >
> > +       /* Timers */
> > +       struct arch_timer_vm_offsets offsets;
> 
> Nit: Perhaps using a more explicit name for the 'offsets' field might
> be better than simply 'offsets', since it is a field of kvm_arch (not
> a field of arch timer related struct).
> (e.g. timer_offsets ?)

Good point. Actually, maybe this should be a more generic structure
(arch_timer_global, or something similar), containing the offset(s).

I'll have a think.

> 
> > +
> >         /* Mandated version of PSCI */
> >         u32 psci_version;
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
> > index 329a8444724f..1bb44f668608 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
> > @@ -84,14 +84,10 @@ u64 timer_get_cval(struct arch_timer_context *ctxt)
> >
> >  static u64 timer_get_offset(struct arch_timer_context *ctxt)
> >  {
> > -       struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = ctxt->vcpu;
> > +       if (ctxt->offset.vm_offset)
> > +               return *ctxt->offset.vm_offset;
> >
> > -       switch(arch_timer_ctx_index(ctxt)) {
> > -       case TIMER_VTIMER:
> > -               return __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, CNTVOFF_EL2);
> > -       default:
> > -               return 0;
> > -       }
> > +       return 0;
> >  }
> >
> >  static void timer_set_ctl(struct arch_timer_context *ctxt, u32 ctl)
> > @@ -128,15 +124,12 @@ static void timer_set_cval(struct arch_timer_context *ctxt, u64 cval)
> >
> >  static void timer_set_offset(struct arch_timer_context *ctxt, u64 offset)
> >  {
> > -       struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = ctxt->vcpu;
> > -
> > -       switch(arch_timer_ctx_index(ctxt)) {
> > -       case TIMER_VTIMER:
> > -               __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, CNTVOFF_EL2) = offset;
> > -               break;
> > -       default:
> > +       if (!ctxt->offset.vm_offset) {
> >                 WARN(offset, "timer %ld\n", arch_timer_ctx_index(ctxt));
> > +               return;
> >         }
> > +
> > +       WRITE_ONCE(*ctxt->offset.vm_offset, offset);
> >  }
> >
> >  u64 kvm_phys_timer_read(void)
> > @@ -765,25 +758,6 @@ int kvm_timer_vcpu_reset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >         return 0;
> >  }
> >
> > -/* Make the updates of cntvoff for all vtimer contexts atomic */
> > -static void update_vtimer_cntvoff(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 cntvoff)
> > -{
> > -       unsigned long i;
> > -       struct kvm *kvm = vcpu->kvm;
> > -       struct kvm_vcpu *tmp;
> > -
> > -       mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
> > -       kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, tmp, kvm)
> > -               timer_set_offset(vcpu_vtimer(tmp), cntvoff);
> > -
> > -       /*
> > -        * When called from the vcpu create path, the CPU being created is not
> > -        * included in the loop above, so we just set it here as well.
> > -        */
> > -       timer_set_offset(vcpu_vtimer(vcpu), cntvoff);
> > -       mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
> > -}
> > -
> >  void kvm_timer_vcpu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >  {
> >         struct arch_timer_cpu *timer = vcpu_timer(vcpu);
> > @@ -791,10 +765,11 @@ void kvm_timer_vcpu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >         struct arch_timer_context *ptimer = vcpu_ptimer(vcpu);
> >
> >         vtimer->vcpu = vcpu;
> > +       vtimer->offset.vm_offset = &vcpu->kvm->arch.offsets.voffset;
> >         ptimer->vcpu = vcpu;
> >
> >         /* Synchronize cntvoff across all vtimers of a VM. */
> > -       update_vtimer_cntvoff(vcpu, kvm_phys_timer_read());
> > +       timer_set_offset(vtimer, kvm_phys_timer_read());
> >         timer_set_offset(ptimer, 0);
> >
> >         hrtimer_init(&timer->bg_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_HARD);
> > @@ -840,7 +815,7 @@ int kvm_arm_timer_set_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 regid, u64 value)
> >                 break;
> >         case KVM_REG_ARM_TIMER_CNT:
> >                 timer = vcpu_vtimer(vcpu);
> > -               update_vtimer_cntvoff(vcpu, kvm_phys_timer_read() - value);
> > +               timer_set_offset(timer, kvm_phys_timer_read() - value);
> >                 break;
> >         case KVM_REG_ARM_TIMER_CVAL:
> >                 timer = vcpu_vtimer(vcpu);
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hypercalls.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hypercalls.c
> > index 64c086c02c60..169d629f97cb 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hypercalls.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hypercalls.c
> > @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static void kvm_ptp_get_time(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *val)
> >         feature = smccc_get_arg1(vcpu);
> >         switch (feature) {
> >         case KVM_PTP_VIRT_COUNTER:
> > -               cycles = systime_snapshot.cycles - vcpu_read_sys_reg(vcpu, CNTVOFF_EL2);
> > +               cycles = systime_snapshot.cycles - vcpu->kvm->arch.offsets.voffset;
> >                 break;
> >         case KVM_PTP_PHYS_COUNTER:
> >                 cycles = systime_snapshot.cycles;
> > diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h b/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h
> > index 76174f4fb646..41fda6255174 100644
> > --- a/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h
> > +++ b/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h
> > @@ -23,6 +23,19 @@ enum kvm_arch_timer_regs {
> >         TIMER_REG_CTL,
> >  };
> >
> > +struct arch_timer_offset {
> > +       /*
> > +        * If set, pointer to one of the offsets in the kvm's offset
> > +        * structure. If NULL, assume a zero offset.
> > +        */
> > +       u64     *vm_offset;
> > +};
> > +
> > +struct arch_timer_vm_offsets {
> > +       /* Offset applied to the virtual timer/counter */
> > +       u64     voffset;
> > +};
> > +
> >  struct arch_timer_context {
> >         struct kvm_vcpu                 *vcpu;
> >
> > @@ -33,6 +46,8 @@ struct arch_timer_context {
> >         struct hrtimer                  hrtimer;
> >         u64                             ns_frac;
> >
> > +       /* Offset for this counter/timer */
> > +       struct arch_timer_offset        offset;
> >         /*
> >          * We have multiple paths which can save/restore the timer state onto
> >          * the hardware, so we need some way of keeping track of where the
> > --
> > 2.34.1
> >
> >
> 
> It appears that we can remove CNTVOFF_EL2 from the sysreg file.
> Having said that, I don't think it matters anyway since the
> following patch appears to use that again.

Indeed, and this is why I didn't remove it the first place (we need it
for NV).

> 
> Reviewed-by: Reiji Watanabe <reijiw@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

	M.

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