Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] KVM: arm64: PMU: Don't overwrite PMUSERENR with vcpu loaded

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Hi Oliver,

On Thu, May 25, 2023 at 11:36:23PM +0000, Oliver Upton wrote:
> Hi Reiji,
> 
> Apologies, this fell off my list of reviews.
> 
> On Sat, Apr 15, 2023 at 09:40:29AM -0700, Reiji Watanabe wrote:
> 
> [...]
> 
> >  static void armv8pmu_enable_event(struct perf_event *event)
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h
> > index 6718731729fd..7e73be12cfaf 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/include/hyp/switch.h
> > @@ -82,12 +82,24 @@ static inline void __activate_traps_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >  	 */
> >  	if (kvm_arm_support_pmu_v3()) {
> >  		struct kvm_cpu_context *hctxt;
> > +		unsigned long flags;
> >  
> >  		write_sysreg(0, pmselr_el0);
> >  
> >  		hctxt = &this_cpu_ptr(&kvm_host_data)->host_ctxt;
> > +
> > +		/*
> > +		 * Disable IRQs to prevent a race condition between the
> > +		 * following code and IPIs that attempts to update
> > +		 * PMUSERENR_EL0. See also kvm_set_pmuserenr().
> > +		 */
> > +		local_irq_save(flags);
> > +
> >  		ctxt_sys_reg(hctxt, PMUSERENR_EL0) = read_sysreg(pmuserenr_el0);
> >  		write_sysreg(ARMV8_PMU_USERENR_MASK, pmuserenr_el0);
> > +		vcpu_set_flag(vcpu, PMUSERENR_ON_CPU);
> > +
> > +		local_irq_restore(flags);
> 
> Can the IRQ save/restore be moved to {activate,deactivate}_traps_vhe_{load,put}()?
> 
> That'd eliminate the dance to avoid using kernel-only symbols in nVHE
> and would be consistent with the existing usage of
> __{activate,deactivate}_traps_common() from nVHE (IRQs already
> disabled).
> 
> IMO, the less nVHE knows about the kernel the better.

Thank you for the comments.
Sure, I will move them to {activate,deactivate}_traps_vhe_{load,put}().


> 
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	vcpu->arch.mdcr_el2_host = read_sysreg(mdcr_el2);
> > @@ -112,9 +124,21 @@ static inline void __deactivate_traps_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >  	write_sysreg(0, hstr_el2);
> >  	if (kvm_arm_support_pmu_v3()) {
> >  		struct kvm_cpu_context *hctxt;
> > +		unsigned long flags;
> >  
> >  		hctxt = &this_cpu_ptr(&kvm_host_data)->host_ctxt;
> > +
> > +		/*
> > +		 * Disable IRQs to prevent a race condition between the
> > +		 * following code and IPIs that attempts to update
> > +		 * PMUSERENR_EL0. See also kvm_set_pmuserenr().
> > +		 */
> > +		local_irq_save(flags);
> > +
> >  		write_sysreg(ctxt_sys_reg(hctxt, PMUSERENR_EL0), pmuserenr_el0);
> > +		vcpu_clear_flag(vcpu, PMUSERENR_ON_CPU);
> > +
> > +		local_irq_restore(flags);
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	if (cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_SME)) {
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/Makefile
> > index 530347cdebe3..2c08a54ca7d9 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/Makefile
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/Makefile
> > @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ asflags-y := -D__KVM_NVHE_HYPERVISOR__ -D__DISABLE_EXPORTS
> >  # will explode instantly (Words of Marc Zyngier). So introduce a generic flag
> >  # __DISABLE_TRACE_MMIO__ to disable MMIO tracing for nVHE KVM.
> >  ccflags-y := -D__KVM_NVHE_HYPERVISOR__ -D__DISABLE_EXPORTS -D__DISABLE_TRACE_MMIO__
> > -ccflags-y += -fno-stack-protector	\
> > +ccflags-y += -fno-stack-protector -DNO_TRACE_IRQFLAGS \
> >  	     -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING	\
> >  	     $(DISABLE_STACKLEAK_PLUGIN)
> >  
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu.c
> > index 7887133d15f0..d6a863853bfe 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu.c
> > @@ -209,3 +209,28 @@ void kvm_vcpu_pmu_restore_host(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >  	kvm_vcpu_pmu_enable_el0(events_host);
> >  	kvm_vcpu_pmu_disable_el0(events_guest);
> >  }
> > +
> > +/*
> > + * With VHE, keep track of the PMUSERENR_EL0 value for the host EL0 on the pCPU
> > + * where PMUSERENR_EL0 for the guest is loaded, since PMUSERENR_EL0 is switched
> > + * to the value for the guest on vcpu_load().  The value for the host EL0
> > + * will be restored on vcpu_put(), before returning to the EL0.
> 
> wording: s/the EL0/EL0. Or, alternatively, to avoid repeating yourself
> you can just say "returning to userspace".
> 
> You may also want to mention in passing why this isn't necessary for
> nVHE, as the register is context switched for every guest enter/exit.

Thank you for the suggestions. I will fix those.

Thank you,
Reiji


> 
> > + *
> > + * Return true if KVM takes care of the register. Otherwise return false.
> > + */
> > +bool kvm_set_pmuserenr(u64 val)
> > +{
> > +	struct kvm_cpu_context *hctxt;
> > +	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
> > +
> > +	if (!kvm_arm_support_pmu_v3() || !has_vhe())
> > +		return false;
> > +
> > +	vcpu = kvm_get_running_vcpu();
> > +	if (!vcpu || !vcpu_get_flag(vcpu, PMUSERENR_ON_CPU))
> > +		return false;
> > +
> > +	hctxt = &this_cpu_ptr(&kvm_host_data)->host_ctxt;
> > +	ctxt_sys_reg(hctxt, PMUSERENR_EL0) = val;
> > +	return true;
> > +}
> 
> -- 
> Thanks,
> Oliver



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