[PATCH v4 4/5] ARM: KVM: arch_timers: Add timer world switch

Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier at arm.com
Fri Nov 23 12:04:15 EST 2012


On 23/11/12 16:30, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 03:46:25PM +0000, Christoffer Dall wrote:
>> From: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
>>
>> Do the necessary save/restore dance for the timers in the world
>> switch code. In the process, allow the guest to read the physical
>> counter, which is useful for its own clock_event_device.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall <c.dall at virtualopensystems.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c  |    8 ++++++++
>>  arch/arm/kvm/arm.c             |    3 +++
>>  arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S |   41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>  3 files changed, 52 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c b/arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c
>> index 39b6221..50df318 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c
>> @@ -177,6 +177,14 @@ int main(void)
>>    DEFINE(VGIC_CPU_APR,		offsetof(struct vgic_cpu, vgic_apr));
>>    DEFINE(VGIC_CPU_LR,		offsetof(struct vgic_cpu, vgic_lr));
>>    DEFINE(VGIC_CPU_NR_LR,	offsetof(struct vgic_cpu, nr_lr));
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ARM_TIMER
>> +  DEFINE(VCPU_TIMER_CNTV_CTL,	offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu, arch.timer_cpu.cntv_ctl));
>> +  DEFINE(VCPU_TIMER_CNTV_CVALH,	offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu, arch.timer_cpu.cntv_cval32.high));
>> +  DEFINE(VCPU_TIMER_CNTV_CVALL,	offsetof(struct kvm_vcpu, arch.timer_cpu.cntv_cval32.low));
>> +  DEFINE(KVM_TIMER_CNTVOFF_H,	offsetof(struct kvm, arch.timer.cntvoff32.high));
>> +  DEFINE(KVM_TIMER_CNTVOFF_L,	offsetof(struct kvm, arch.timer.cntvoff32.low));
>> +  DEFINE(KVM_TIMER_ENABLED,	offsetof(struct kvm, arch.timer.enabled));
>> +#endif
>>    DEFINE(KVM_VGIC_VCTRL,	offsetof(struct kvm, arch.vgic.vctrl_base));
>>  #endif
>>    DEFINE(KVM_VTTBR,		offsetof(struct kvm, arch.vttbr));
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
>> index 1716f12..8cdef69 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
>> @@ -661,6 +661,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
>>  		update_vttbr(vcpu->kvm);
>>  
>>  		kvm_vgic_sync_to_cpu(vcpu);
>> +		kvm_timer_sync_to_cpu(vcpu);
>>  
>>  		local_irq_disable();
>>  
>> @@ -674,6 +675,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
>>  
>>  		if (ret <= 0 || need_new_vmid_gen(vcpu->kvm)) {
>>  			local_irq_enable();
>> +			kvm_timer_sync_from_cpu(vcpu);
>>  			kvm_vgic_sync_from_cpu(vcpu);
>>  			continue;
>>  		}
>> @@ -713,6 +715,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
>>  		 * Back from guest
>>  		 *************************************************************/
>>  
>> +		kvm_timer_sync_from_cpu(vcpu);
>>  		kvm_vgic_sync_from_cpu(vcpu);
>>  
>>  		ret = handle_exit(vcpu, run, ret);
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S b/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S
>> index 0003aab..ece84d1 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S
>> +++ b/arch/arm/kvm/interrupts_head.S
>> @@ -422,6 +422,25 @@
>>  #define CNTHCTL_PL1PCEN		(1 << 1)
>>  
>>  .macro save_timer_state	vcpup
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ARM_TIMER
>> +	ldr	r4, [\vcpup, #VCPU_KVM]
>> +	ldr	r2, [r4, #KVM_TIMER_ENABLED]
>> +	cmp	r2, #0
>> +	beq	1f
>> +
>> +	mrc	p15, 0, r2, c14, c3, 1	@ CNTV_CTL
>> +	and	r2, #3
> 
> Why do you need this and (you do the masking on the restore path)?

Probably not necessary. We could just clear the enable below.

> 
>> +	str	r2, [\vcpup, #VCPU_TIMER_CNTV_CTL]
>> +	bic	r2, #1			@ Clear ENABLE
>> +	mcr	p15, 0, r2, c14, c3, 1	@ CNTV_CTL
>> +	isb
>> +
>> +	mrrc	p15, 3, r2, r3, c14	@ CNTV_CVAL
>> +	str	r3, [\vcpup, #VCPU_TIMER_CNTV_CVALH]
>> +	str	r2, [\vcpup, #VCPU_TIMER_CNTV_CVALL]
>> +
>> +1:
>> +#endif
>>  	@ Allow physical timer/counter access for the host
>>  	mrc	p15, 4, r2, c14, c1, 0	@ CNTHCTL
>>  	orr	r2, r2, #(CNTHCTL_PL1PCEN | CNTHCTL_PL1PCTEN)
>> @@ -435,6 +454,28 @@
>>  	orr	r2, r2, #CNTHCTL_PL1PCTEN
>>  	bic	r2, r2, #CNTHCTL_PL1PCEN
>>  	mcr	p15, 4, r2, c14, c1, 0	@ CNTHCTL
>> +
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ARM_TIMER
>> +	ldr	r4, [\vcpup, #VCPU_KVM]
>> +	ldr	r2, [r4, #KVM_TIMER_ENABLED]
>> +	cmp	r2, #0
>> +	beq	1f
>> +
>> +	ldr	r3, [r4, #KVM_TIMER_CNTVOFF_H]
>> +	ldr	r2, [r4, #KVM_TIMER_CNTVOFF_L]
>> +	mcrr	p15, 4, r2, r3, c14	@ CNTVOFF
>> +	isb
>> +
>> +	ldr	r3, [\vcpup, #VCPU_TIMER_CNTV_CVALH]
>> +	ldr	r2, [\vcpup, #VCPU_TIMER_CNTV_CVALL]
>> +	mcrr	p15, 3, r2, r3, c14	@ CNTV_CVAL
>> +
>> +	ldr	r2, [\vcpup, #VCPU_TIMER_CNTV_CTL]
>> +	and	r2, #3
> 
> Please use the long form syntax for these instructions (and r2, r2, #3) as
> toolchains have historically been picky about accepting these when not
> targetting Thumb and it also makes it consistent with the rest of arch/arm/.

OK.

> 
>> +	mcr	p15, 0, r2, c14, c3, 1	@ CNTV_CTL
>> +	isb
>> +1:
>> +#endif
> 
> It's pretty horrible to take a macro argument (vcpup) and then open-code all
> the other register numbers without moving the argument somewhere nice. Are
> callers just expected to understand that you clobber {r2,r3,r4} and avoid
> them? If so, why not just use the PCS so that people don't have to learn a
> new convention?

I'm happy to remove this vcpup and stick to r0/r1 (depending on the
path). All macros have to know about the side effects anyway, as we
switch all the registers.

	M.
-- 
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