The KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_FILTER provide the ability to let the VMM decide
which PMU events are provided to the guest. Add a new option
`pmu-filter` as -accel sub-option to set the PMU Event Filtering.
Without the filter, the KVM will expose all events from the host to
guest by default.
The `pmu-filter` has such format:
pmu-filter="{A,D}:start-end[;{A,D}:start-end...]"
The A means "allow" and D means "deny", start is the first event of the
range and the end is the last one. The first registered range defines
the global policy(global ALLOW if the first @action is DENY, global DENY
if the first @action is ALLOW). The start and end only support hex
format now. For example:
pmu-filter="A:0x11-0x11;A:0x23-0x3a;D:0x30-0x30"
Since the first action is allow, we have a global deny policy. It
will allow event 0x11 (The cycle counter), events 0x23 to 0x3a is
also allowed except the event 0x30 is denied, and all the other events
are disallowed.
Here is an real example shows how to use the PMU Event Filtering, when
we launch a guest by use kvm, add such command line:
# qemu-system-aarch64 \
-accel kvm,pmu-filter="D:0x11-0x11"
Since the first action is deny, we have a global allow policy. This
disables the filtering of the cycle counter (event 0x11 being CPU_CYCLES).
And then in guest, use the perf to count the cycle:
# perf stat sleep 1
Performance counter stats for 'sleep 1':
1.22 msec task-clock # 0.001 CPUs utilized
1 context-switches # 820.695 /sec
0 cpu-migrations # 0.000 /sec
55 page-faults # 45.138 K/sec
<not supported> cycles
1128954 instructions
227031 branches # 186.323 M/sec
8686 branch-misses # 3.83% of all branches
1.002492480 seconds time elapsed
0.001752000 seconds user
0.000000000 seconds sys
As we can see, the cycle counter has been disabled in the guest, but
other pmu events are still work.
Signed-off-by: Shaoqin Huang <shahuang@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
v2->v3:
- Improve commits message, use kernel doc wording, add more explaination on
filter example, fix some typo error. [Eric]
- Add g_free() in kvm_arch_set_pmu_filter() to prevent memory leak. [Eric]
- Add more precise error message report. [Eric]
- In options doc, add pmu-filter rely on KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_FILTER support in
KVM. [Eric]
v1->v2:
- Add more description for allow and deny meaning in
commit message. [Sebastian]
- Small improvement. [Sebastian]
v2: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231117060838.39723-1-shahuang@xxxxxxxxxx/
v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20231113081713.153615-1-shahuang@xxxxxxxxxx/
---
include/sysemu/kvm_int.h | 1 +
qemu-options.hx | 21 +++++++++++++
target/arm/kvm.c | 23 ++++++++++++++
target/arm/kvm64.c | 68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 113 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/sysemu/kvm_int.h b/include/sysemu/kvm_int.h
index fd846394be..8f4601474f 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/kvm_int.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/kvm_int.h
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ struct KVMState
uint32_t xen_caps;
uint16_t xen_gnttab_max_frames;
uint16_t xen_evtchn_max_pirq;
+ char *kvm_pmu_filter;
};
void kvm_memory_listener_register(KVMState *s, KVMMemoryListener *kml,
diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 42fd09e4de..8b721d6668 100644
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ DEF("accel", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_accel,
" tb-size=n (TCG translation block cache size)\n"
" dirty-ring-size=n (KVM dirty ring GFN count, default 0)\n"
" eager-split-size=n (KVM Eager Page Split chunk size, default 0, disabled. ARM only)\n"
+ " pmu-filter={A,D}:start-end[;...] (KVM PMU Event Filter, default no filter. ARM only)\n"
" notify-vmexit=run|internal-error|disable,notify-window=n (enable notify VM exit and set notify window, x86 only)\n"
" thread=single|multi (enable multi-threaded TCG)\n", QEMU_ARCH_ALL)
SRST
@@ -259,6 +260,26 @@ SRST
impact on the memory. By default, this feature is disabled
(eager-split-size=0).
+ ``pmu-filter={A,D}:start-end[;...]``
+ KVM implements pmu event filtering to prevent a guest from being able to
+ sample certain events. It depends on the KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_FILTER attr
+ supported in KVM. It has the following format:
+
+ pmu-filter="{A,D}:start-end[;{A,D}:start-end...]"
+
+ The A means "allow" and D means "deny", start is the first event of the
+ range and the end is the last one. The first registered range defines
+ the global policy(global ALLOW if the first @action is DENY, global DENY
+ if the first @action is ALLOW). The start and end only support hex
+ format now. For example:
+
+ pmu-filter="A:0x11-0x11;A:0x23-0x3a;D:0x30-0x30"
+
+ Since the first action is allow, we have a global deny policy. It
+ will allow event 0x11 (The cycle counter), events 0x23 to 0x3a is
+ also allowed except the event 0x30 is denied, and all the other events
+ are disallowed.
+
``notify-vmexit=run|internal-error|disable,notify-window=n``
Enables or disables notify VM exit support on x86 host and specify
the corresponding notify window to trigger the VM exit if enabled.
diff --git a/target/arm/kvm.c b/target/arm/kvm.c
index 7903e2ddde..116a0d3d2b 100644
--- a/target/arm/kvm.c
+++ b/target/arm/kvm.c
@@ -1108,6 +1108,22 @@ static void kvm_arch_set_eager_split_size(Object *obj, Visitor *v,
s->kvm_eager_split_size = value;
}
+static char *kvm_arch_get_pmu_filter(Object *obj, Error **errp)
+{
+ KVMState *s = KVM_STATE(obj);
+
+ return g_strdup(s->kvm_pmu_filter);
+}
+
+static void kvm_arch_set_pmu_filter(Object *obj, const char *pmu_filter,
+ Error **errp)
+{
+ KVMState *s = KVM_STATE(obj);
+
+ g_free(s->kvm_pmu_filter);
+ s->kvm_pmu_filter = g_strdup(pmu_filter);
+}
+
void kvm_arch_accel_class_init(ObjectClass *oc)
{
object_class_property_add(oc, "eager-split-size", "size",
@@ -1116,4 +1132,11 @@ void kvm_arch_accel_class_init(ObjectClass *oc)
object_class_property_set_description(oc, "eager-split-size",
"Eager Page Split chunk size for hugepages. (default: 0, disabled)");
+
+ object_class_property_add_str(oc, "pmu-filter",
+ kvm_arch_get_pmu_filter,
+ kvm_arch_set_pmu_filter);
+
+ object_class_property_set_description(oc, "pmu-filter",
+ "PMU Event Filtering description for guest pmu. (default: NULL, disabled)");
}
diff --git a/target/arm/kvm64.c b/target/arm/kvm64.c
index 3c175c93a7..7947b83b36 100644
--- a/target/arm/kvm64.c
+++ b/target/arm/kvm64.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
*/
#include "qemu/osdep.h"
+#include <asm-arm64/kvm.h>
#include <sys/ioctl.h>
#include <sys/ptrace.h>
@@ -131,6 +132,70 @@ static bool kvm_arm_set_device_attr(CPUState *cs, struct kvm_device_attr *attr,
return true;
}
+static void kvm_arm_pmu_filter_init(CPUState *cs)
+{
+ static bool pmu_filter_init = false;
+ struct kvm_pmu_event_filter filter;
+ struct kvm_device_attr attr = {
+ .group = KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_CTRL,
+ .attr = KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_FILTER,
+ .addr = (uint64_t)&filter,
+ };
+ KVMState *kvm_state = cs->kvm_state;
+ char *tmp;
+ char *str, act;
+
+ if (!kvm_state->kvm_pmu_filter)
+ return;
+
+ if (kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cs, KVM_HAS_DEVICE_ATTR, attr)) {
+ error_report("The kernel doesn't support the pmu event filter!\n");
+ abort();
+ }
+
+ /* The filter only needs to be initialized for 1 vcpu. */
+ if (!pmu_filter_init)
+ pmu_filter_init = true;
+
+ tmp = g_strdup(kvm_state->kvm_pmu_filter);
+
+ for (str = strtok(tmp, ";"); str != NULL; str = strtok(NULL, ";")) {
+ unsigned short start = 0, end = 0;
+
+ sscanf(str, "%c:%hx-%hx", &act, &start, &end);
+ if ((act != 'A' && act != 'D') || (!start && !end)) {
+ error_report("skipping invalid filter %s\n", str);
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ filter = (struct kvm_pmu_event_filter) {
+ .base_event = start,
+ .nevents = end - start + 1,
+ .action = act == 'A' ? KVM_PMU_EVENT_ALLOW :
+ KVM_PMU_EVENT_DENY,
+ };
+
+ if (!kvm_arm_set_device_attr(cs, &attr, "PMU Event Filter")) {
+ if (errno == EINVAL)
+ error_report("Invalid filter range [0x%x-0x%x]. "
+ "ARMv8.0 support 10 bits event space, "
+ "ARMv8.1 support 16 bits event space",
+ start, end);
+ else if (errno == ENODEV)
+ error_report("GIC not initialized");
+ else if (errno == ENXIO)
+ error_report("PMUv3 not properly configured or in-kernel irqchip "
+ "not configured.");
+ else if (errno == EBUSY)
+ error_report("PMUv3 already initialized or a VCPU has already run");
+
+ abort();
+ }
+ }
+
+ g_free(tmp);
+}
+
void kvm_arm_pmu_init(CPUState *cs)
{
struct kvm_device_attr attr = {
@@ -141,6 +206,9 @@ void kvm_arm_pmu_init(CPUState *cs)
if (!ARM_CPU(cs)->has_pmu) {
return;
}
+
+ kvm_arm_pmu_filter_init(cs);
+
if (!kvm_arm_set_device_attr(cs, &attr, "PMU")) {
error_report("failed to init PMU");
abort();
--
2.40.1
