[PATCH v2] RISC-V: KVM: Remove scounteren initialization
Atish Patra
atishp at rivosinc.com
Thu May 15 15:06:05 PDT 2025
Scounteren CSR controls the direct access the hpmcounters and cycle/
instret/time from the userspace. It's the supervisor's responsibility
to set it up correctly for it's user space. They hypervisor doesn't
need to decide the policy on behalf of the supervisor.
Signed-off-by: Atish Patra <atishp at rivosinc.com>
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Changes in v2:
- Remove the scounteren initialization instead of just setting the TM bit.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250513-fix_scounteren_vs-v1-1-c1f52af93c79@rivosinc.com
---
arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c | 3 ---
1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c
index 60d684c76c58..fa3713b5a41b 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu.c
@@ -146,9 +146,6 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
if (kvm_riscv_vcpu_alloc_vector_context(vcpu, cntx))
return -ENOMEM;
- /* By default, make CY, TM, and IR counters accessible in VU mode */
- reset_csr->scounteren = 0x7;
-
/* Setup VCPU timer */
kvm_riscv_vcpu_timer_init(vcpu);
---
base-commit: 01f95500a162fca88cefab9ed64ceded5afabc12
change-id: 20250513-fix_scounteren_vs-fdd86255c7b7
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Regards,
Atish patra
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