Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] KVM: selftests: aarch64: Fix the buggy [enable|disable]_counter

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Hi Shaoqin,

On 11/29/23 08:27, Shaoqin Huang wrote:
> In general, the set/clr registers should always be used in their
> write form, never in a RMW form (imagine an interrupt disabling
> a counter between the read and the write...).
> 
> The current implementation of [enable|disable]_counter both use the RMW
> form, fix them by directly write to the set/clr registers.
> 
> At the same time, it also fix the buggy disable_counter() which would
> end up disabling all the counters.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shaoqin Huang <shahuang@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Eric Auger <eric.auger@xxxxxxxxxx>

Eric

> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/aarch64/vpmu.h | 8 ++------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/aarch64/vpmu.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/aarch64/vpmu.h
> index e0cc1ca1c4b7..644dae3814b5 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/aarch64/vpmu.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/aarch64/vpmu.h
> @@ -78,17 +78,13 @@ static inline void write_sel_evtyper(int sel, unsigned long val)
>  
>  static inline void enable_counter(int idx)
>  {
> -	uint64_t v = read_sysreg(pmcntenset_el0);
> -
> -	write_sysreg(BIT(idx) | v, pmcntenset_el0);
> +	write_sysreg(BIT(idx), pmcntenset_el0);
>  	isb();
>  }
>  
>  static inline void disable_counter(int idx)
>  {
> -	uint64_t v = read_sysreg(pmcntenset_el0);
> -
> -	write_sysreg(BIT(idx) | v, pmcntenclr_el0);
> +	write_sysreg(BIT(idx), pmcntenclr_el0);
>  	isb();
>  }
>  





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