On Fri, 20 Oct 2023 22:40:46 +0100, Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > For unimplemented counters, the registers PM{C,I}NTEN{SET,CLR} > and PMOVS{SET,CLR} are expected to have the corresponding bits RAZ. > Hence to ensure correct KVM's PMU emulation, mask out the bits in > these registers for these unimplemented counters before the first > vCPU run. > > Signed-off-by: Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 2 +- > arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c | 11 +++++++++++ > include/kvm/arm_pmu.h | 2 ++ > 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c > index e3074a9e23a8b..3c0bb80483fb1 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c > @@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ static int check_vcpu_requests(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) > } > > if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_RELOAD_PMU, vcpu)) > - kvm_pmu_handle_pmcr(vcpu, kvm_vcpu_read_pmcr(vcpu)); > + kvm_vcpu_handle_request_reload_pmu(vcpu); Please rename this to kvm_vcpu_reload_pmu(). That's long enough. But see below. > > if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_RESYNC_PMU_EL0, vcpu)) > kvm_vcpu_pmu_restore_guest(vcpu); > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c > index 9e24581206c24..31e4933293b76 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c > @@ -788,6 +788,17 @@ u64 kvm_pmu_get_pmceid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool pmceid1) > return val & mask; > } > > +void kvm_vcpu_handle_request_reload_pmu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) > +{ > + u64 mask = kvm_pmu_valid_counter_mask(vcpu); > + > + kvm_pmu_handle_pmcr(vcpu, kvm_vcpu_read_pmcr(vcpu)); > + > + __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMOVSSET_EL0) &= mask; > + __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMINTENSET_EL1) &= mask; > + __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCNTENSET_EL0) &= mask; > +} Why is this done on a vcpu request? Why can't it be done upfront, when we're requesting the reload? Or when assigning the PMU? Or when setting PMCR_EL0? M. -- Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.