Re: [PATCH v6 02/11] KVM: arm64: PMU: Set the default PMU for the guest on vCPU reset

[Raghavendra Rao Ananta]

Hi Oliver,

On Wed, Sep 27, 2023 at 1:02 AM Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Raghu,
>
> On Tue, Sep 26, 2023 at 11:39:59PM +0000, Raghavendra Rao Ananta wrote:
> > From: Reiji Watanabe <reijiw@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > The following patches will use the number of counters information
> > from the arm_pmu and use this to set the PMCR.N for the guest
> > during vCPU reset. However, since the guest is not associated
> > with any arm_pmu until userspace configures the vPMU device
> > attributes, and a reset can happen before this event, call
> > kvm_arm_support_pmu_v3() just before doing the reset.
> >
> > No functional change intended.
>
> I would argue there still is a functional change here, as PMU
> initialization failure now shows up on a completely different ioctl for
> userspace.
>
> > @@ -216,6 +217,18 @@ int kvm_reset_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> >       vcpu->arch.reset_state.reset = false;
> >       spin_unlock(&vcpu->arch.mp_state_lock);
> >
> > +     if (kvm_vcpu_has_pmu(vcpu)) {
> > +             if (!kvm_arm_support_pmu_v3())
> > +                     return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +             /*
> > +              * When the vCPU has a PMU, but no PMU is set for the guest
> > +              * yet, set the default one.
> > +              */
> > +             if (unlikely(!kvm->arch.arm_pmu) && kvm_arm_set_default_pmu(kvm))
> > +                     return -EINVAL;
> > +     }
> > +
>
> Ah, this probably will not mix well with my recent change to get rid of
> the return value altogether from kvm_reset_vcpu() [*]. I see two ways to
> handle this:
>
>  - Add a separate helper responsible for one-time setup of the vCPU
>    called from KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT which may fail.
>
>  - Add a check for !kvm->arch.arm_pmu to kvm_arm_pmu_v3_init().
>
> No strong preference, though.
>
Thanks for the pointer. I think adding it in kvm_arm_pmu_v3_init() may
not be feasible as the reset (reset_pmcr()) may happen before this
init and we may end up setting 0 as PMCR.N for the guest. I'll explore
the other option though.

Thank you.
Raghavendra
> [*]: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230920195036.1169791-8-oliver.upton@xxxxxxxxx
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Oliver