[PATCH v2 14/36] KVM: arm64: Remove noop calls to timer save/restore from VHE switch

Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier at arm.com
Mon Dec 11 02:02:58 PST 2017


On 07/12/17 17:06, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> The VHE switch function calls __timer_enable_traps and
> __timer_disable_traps which don't do anything on VHE systems.
> Therefore, simply remove these calls from the VHE switch function and
> make the functions non-conditional as they are now only called from the
> non-VHE switch path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall at linaro.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c |  2 --
>  virt/kvm/arm/hyp/timer-sr.c | 36 ++++++++++++++----------------------
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c
> index e783e2371b7c..09aafa0470f7 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c
> @@ -358,7 +358,6 @@ int kvm_vcpu_run_vhe(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  	__activate_vm(vcpu->kvm);
>  
>  	__vgic_restore_state(vcpu);
> -	__timer_enable_traps(vcpu);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * We must restore the 32-bit state before the sysregs, thanks
> @@ -377,7 +376,6 @@ int kvm_vcpu_run_vhe(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  
>  	__sysreg_save_guest_state(guest_ctxt);
>  	__sysreg32_save_state(vcpu);
> -	__timer_disable_traps(vcpu);
>  	__vgic_save_state(vcpu);
>  
>  	__deactivate_traps(vcpu);
> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/hyp/timer-sr.c b/virt/kvm/arm/hyp/timer-sr.c
> index f24404b3c8df..752b37f9133c 100644
> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/hyp/timer-sr.c
> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/hyp/timer-sr.c
> @@ -29,32 +29,24 @@ void __hyp_text __kvm_timer_set_cntvoff(u32 cntvoff_low, u32 cntvoff_high)
>  
>  void __hyp_text __timer_disable_traps(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  {
> -	/*
> -	 * We don't need to do this for VHE since the host kernel runs in EL2
> -	 * with HCR_EL2.TGE ==1, which makes those bits have no impact.
> -	 */
> -	if (!has_vhe()) {
> -		u64 val;
> +	u64 val;
>  
> -		/* Allow physical timer/counter access for the host */
> -		val = read_sysreg(cnthctl_el2);
> -		val |= CNTHCTL_EL1PCTEN | CNTHCTL_EL1PCEN;
> -		write_sysreg(val, cnthctl_el2);
> -	}
> +	/* Allow physical timer/counter access for the host */
> +	val = read_sysreg(cnthctl_el2);
> +	val |= CNTHCTL_EL1PCTEN | CNTHCTL_EL1PCEN;
> +	write_sysreg(val, cnthctl_el2);
>  }
>  
>  void __hyp_text __timer_enable_traps(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  {
> -	if (!has_vhe()) {
> -		u64 val;
> +	u64 val;
>  
> -		/*
> -		 * Disallow physical timer access for the guest
> -		 * Physical counter access is allowed
> -		 */
> -		val = read_sysreg(cnthctl_el2);
> -		val &= ~CNTHCTL_EL1PCEN;
> -		val |= CNTHCTL_EL1PCTEN;
> -		write_sysreg(val, cnthctl_el2);
> -	}
> +	/*
> +	 * Disallow physical timer access for the guest
> +	 * Physical counter access is allowed
> +	 */
> +	val = read_sysreg(cnthctl_el2);
> +	val &= ~CNTHCTL_EL1PCEN;
> +	val |= CNTHCTL_EL1PCTEN;
> +	write_sysreg(val, cnthctl_el2);
>  }
> 

Since we're not testing for !VHE anymore, can you add a small comment
saying that these two function are for the benefit of !VHE only and
shouldn't be called on VHE?

Otherwise,

Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>

	M.
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