Re: [PATCH v3 07/18] KVM: arm64: timers: Allow userspace to set the global counter offset

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On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 07:26:48 +0100,
Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Marc,
> 
> On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 02:46:53PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > And this is the moment you have all been waiting for: setting the
> > counter offset from userspace.
> > 
> > We expose a brand new capability that reports the ability to set
> > the offset for both the virtual and physical sides.
> > 
> > In keeping with the architecture, the offset is expressed as
> > a delta that is substracted from the physical counter value.
> > 
> > Once this new API is used, there is no going back, and the counters
> > cannot be written to to set the offsets implicitly (the writes
> > are instead ignored).
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Colton Lewis <coltonlewis@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h |  4 +++
> >  arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h |  9 ++++++
> >  arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c       | 46 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> >  arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c              |  8 ++++++
> >  include/uapi/linux/kvm.h          |  3 ++
> >  5 files changed, 65 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > index 002a10cbade2..116233a390e9 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > @@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ struct kvm_arch {
> >  #define KVM_ARCH_FLAG_EL1_32BIT				4
> >  	/* PSCI SYSTEM_SUSPEND enabled for the guest */
> >  #define KVM_ARCH_FLAG_SYSTEM_SUSPEND_ENABLED		5
> > +	/* VM counter offset */
> > +#define KVM_ARCH_FLAG_VM_COUNTER_OFFSET			6
> >  
> >  	unsigned long flags;
> >  
> > @@ -1010,6 +1012,8 @@ int kvm_arm_vcpu_arch_has_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> >  
> >  long kvm_vm_ioctl_mte_copy_tags(struct kvm *kvm,
> >  				struct kvm_arm_copy_mte_tags *copy_tags);
> > +int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_counter_offset(struct kvm *kvm,
> > +				    struct kvm_arm_counter_offset *offset);
> >  
> >  /* Guest/host FPSIMD coordination helpers */
> >  int kvm_arch_vcpu_run_map_fp(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
> > index f8129c624b07..12fb0d8a760a 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
> > @@ -198,6 +198,15 @@ struct kvm_arm_copy_mte_tags {
> >  	__u64 reserved[2];
> >  };
> >  
> > +/*
> > + * Counter/Timer offset structure. Describe the virtual/physical offset.
> > + * To be used with KVM_ARM_SET_COUNTER_OFFSET.
> > + */
> > +struct kvm_arm_counter_offset {
> > +	__u64 counter_offset;
> > +	__u64 reserved;
> > +};
> > +
> >  #define KVM_ARM_TAGS_TO_GUEST		0
> >  #define KVM_ARM_TAGS_FROM_GUEST		1
> >  
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
> > index bb64a71ae193..25625e1d6d89 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arch_timer.c
> > @@ -851,9 +851,11 @@ void kvm_timer_vcpu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >  	ptimer->vcpu = vcpu;
> >  	ptimer->offset.vm_offset = &vcpu->kvm->arch.timer_data.poffset;
> >  
> > -	/* Synchronize cntvoff across all vtimers of a VM. */
> > -	timer_set_offset(vtimer, kvm_phys_timer_read());
> > -	timer_set_offset(ptimer, 0);
> > +	/* Synchronize offsets across timers of a VM if not already provided */
> > +	if (!test_bit(KVM_ARCH_FLAG_VM_COUNTER_OFFSET, &vcpu->kvm->arch.flags)) {
> > +		timer_set_offset(vtimer, kvm_phys_timer_read());
> > +		timer_set_offset(ptimer, 0);
> > +	}
> >  
> >  	hrtimer_init(&timer->bg_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_HARD);
> >  	timer->bg_timer.function = kvm_bg_timer_expire;
> > @@ -897,8 +899,11 @@ int kvm_arm_timer_set_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 regid, u64 value)
> >  		kvm_arm_timer_write(vcpu, timer, TIMER_REG_CTL, value);
> >  		break;
> >  	case KVM_REG_ARM_TIMER_CNT:
> > -		timer = vcpu_vtimer(vcpu);
> > -		timer_set_offset(timer, kvm_phys_timer_read() - value);
> > +		if (!test_bit(KVM_ARCH_FLAG_VM_COUNTER_OFFSET,
> > +			      &vcpu->kvm->arch.flags)) {
> > +			timer = vcpu_vtimer(vcpu);
> > +			timer_set_offset(timer, kvm_phys_timer_read() - value);
> > +		}
> >  		break;
> >  	case KVM_REG_ARM_TIMER_CVAL:
> >  		timer = vcpu_vtimer(vcpu);
> > @@ -908,6 +913,13 @@ int kvm_arm_timer_set_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 regid, u64 value)
> >  		timer = vcpu_ptimer(vcpu);
> >  		kvm_arm_timer_write(vcpu, timer, TIMER_REG_CTL, value);
> >  		break;
> > +	case KVM_REG_ARM_PTIMER_CNT:
> > +		if (!test_bit(KVM_ARCH_FLAG_VM_COUNTER_OFFSET,
> > +			      &vcpu->kvm->arch.flags)) {
> > +			timer = vcpu_ptimer(vcpu);
> > +			timer_set_offset(timer, kvm_phys_timer_read() - value);
> > +		}
> > +		break;
> >  	case KVM_REG_ARM_PTIMER_CVAL:
> >  		timer = vcpu_ptimer(vcpu);
> >  		kvm_arm_timer_write(vcpu, timer, TIMER_REG_CVAL, value);
> > @@ -1443,3 +1455,27 @@ int kvm_arm_timer_has_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_device_attr *attr)
> >  
> >  	return -ENXIO;
> >  }
> > +
> > +int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_counter_offset(struct kvm *kvm,
> > +				    struct kvm_arm_counter_offset *offset)
> > +{
> > +	if (offset->reserved)
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +	if (!lock_all_vcpus(kvm))
> > +		return -EBUSY;
> 
> Similar to what you had mentioned over on the lock (un)inversion series,
> doesn't this risk racing with vCPU creation w/o holding the kvm->lock?

Huh, I was under the impression that kvm_vm_ioctl() would take the
kvm->lock, but it really doesn't! I'll fix that right away.

> Alternatively you could require this ioctl to be issued before any vCPUs
> are created to avoid the need to lock them all here. But, if you see
> value in poking this at runtime then fine by me.

I think there is some value in allowing the offset adjustment to be
set at the last possible point, right before a vcpu is ran.

Thanks for the heads up!

	M.

-- 
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