Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: arm64: PMU: Don't save PMCR_EL0.{C,P} for the vCPU

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On Thu, 02 Mar 2023 05:50:33 +0000,
Reiji Watanabe <reijiw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Presently, when a guest writes 1 to PMCR_EL0.{C,P}, which is WO/RAZ,
> KVM saves the register value, including these bits.
> When userspace reads the register using KVM_GET_ONE_REG, KVM returns
> the saved register value as it is (the saved value might have these
> bits set).  This could result in userspace setting these bits on the
> destination during migration.  Consequently, KVM may end up resetting
> the vPMU counter registers (PMCCNTR_EL0 and/or PMEVCNTR<n>_EL0) to
> zero on the first KVM_RUN after migration.
> 
> Fix this by not saving those bits when a guest writes 1 to those bits.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Reiji Watanabe <reijiw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
> index 24908400e190..a5a0a9811ddb 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
> @@ -538,7 +538,9 @@ void kvm_pmu_handle_pmcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 val)
>  	if (!kvm_pmu_is_3p5(vcpu))
>  		val &= ~ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_LP;
>  
> -	__vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCR_EL0) = val;
> +	/* The reset bits don't indicate any state, and shouldn't be saved. */
> +	__vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCR_EL0) =
> +				val & ~(ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_C | ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_P);

nit: assignment on a single line, please.

With that,

Reviewed-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,

	M.

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