[PATCH v2 1/9] KVM: arm64: Allow creating the PMU without the in-kernel GIC
Marc Zyngier
marc.zyngier at arm.com
Wed May 24 02:16:56 PDT 2017
On 24/05/17 09:38, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 05:52:01PM +0100, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>> On 16/05/17 19:45, Christoffer Dall wrote:
>>> Since we got support for devices in userspace which allows reporting the
>>> PMU overflow output status to userspace, we should actually allow
>>> creating the PMU on systems without an in-kernel irqchip, which in turn
>>> requires us to slightly clarify error codes for the ABI and move things
>>> around for the initialization phase.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall <cdall at linaro.org>
>>> ---
>>> Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vcpu.txt | 16 +++++++++-------
>>> virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++----------
>>> 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vcpu.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vcpu.txt
>>> index 02f5068..352af6e 100644
>>> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vcpu.txt
>>> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/vcpu.txt
>>> @@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ Parameters: in kvm_device_attr.addr the address for PMU overflow interrupt is a
>>> Returns: -EBUSY: The PMU overflow interrupt is already set
>>> -ENXIO: The overflow interrupt not set when attempting to get it
>>> -ENODEV: PMUv3 not supported
>>> - -EINVAL: Invalid PMU overflow interrupt number supplied
>>> + -EINVAL: Invalid PMU overflow interrupt number supplied or
>>> + trying to set the IRQ number without using an in-kernel
>>> + irqchip.
>>>
>>> A value describing the PMUv3 (Performance Monitor Unit v3) overflow interrupt
>>> number for this vcpu. This interrupt could be a PPI or SPI, but the interrupt
>>> @@ -25,11 +27,11 @@ all vcpus, while as an SPI it must be a separate number per vcpu.
>>>
>>> 1.2 ATTRIBUTE: KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3_INIT
>>> Parameters: no additional parameter in kvm_device_attr.addr
>>> -Returns: -ENODEV: PMUv3 not supported
>>> - -ENXIO: PMUv3 not properly configured as required prior to calling this
>>> - attribute
>>> +Returns: -ENODEV: PMUv3 not supported or GIC not initialized
>>> + -ENXIO: PMUv3 not properly configured or in-kernel irqchip not
>>> + conigured as required prior to calling this attribute
>>
>> configured
>>
>>> -EBUSY: PMUv3 already initialized
>>>
>>> -Request the initialization of the PMUv3. This must be done after creating the
>>> -in-kernel irqchip. Creating a PMU with a userspace irqchip is currently not
>>> -supported.
>>> +Request the initialization of the PMUv3. If using the PMUv3 with an in-kernel
>>> +virtual GIC implementation, this must be done after initializing the in-kernel
>>> +irqchip.
>>> diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c b/virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c
>>> index 4b43e7f..7209185 100644
>>> --- a/virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c
>>> +++ b/virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c
>>> @@ -456,21 +456,25 @@ static int kvm_arm_pmu_v3_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>> if (!kvm_arm_support_pmu_v3())
>>> return -ENODEV;
>>>
>>> - /*
>>> - * We currently require an in-kernel VGIC to use the PMU emulation,
>>> - * because we do not support forwarding PMU overflow interrupts to
>>> - * userspace yet.
>>> - */
>>> - if (!irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm) || !vgic_initialized(vcpu->kvm))
>>> - return -ENODEV;
>>> -
>>> - if (!test_bit(KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3, vcpu->arch.features) ||
>>> - !kvm_arm_pmu_irq_initialized(vcpu))
>>> + if (!test_bit(KVM_ARM_VCPU_PMU_V3, vcpu->arch.features))
>>> return -ENXIO;
>>>
>>> if (kvm_arm_pmu_v3_ready(vcpu))
>>> return -EBUSY;
>>>
>>> + if (irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm)) {
>>> + /*
>>> + * If using the PMU with an in-kernel virtual GIC
>>> + * implementation, we require the GIC to be already
>>> + * initialized when initializing the PMU.
>>> + */
>>> + if (!vgic_initialized(vcpu->kvm))
>>> + return -ENODEV;
>>> +
>>> + if (!kvm_arm_pmu_irq_initialized(vcpu))
>>> + return -ENXIO;
>>> + }
>>> +
>>
>> Do we also need to prevent a vgic to be created if the PMU has been
>> initialized beforehand?
>>
>
> Sigh. We probably have to.
>
> I don't like having a cross-VGIC-PMU check, but we could do something
> like setting a flag on the kvm struct so that irqchip_in_user() always
> return true, and if that is set, it is not possible to create the VGIC.
>
> Alternatively we can make the PMU init a no-op, and try to enable it via
> the first-vcpu-run path, like the timer, and check that everything lines
> up then (i.e. you have in-kernel irqchip with a non-conflicting irq
> number or you have a userspace irqchip).
I like this second solution better, as it gives us a common approach to
similar problems. Would that also help with not having to implement the
allocator you introduced in patches 6-9 (which I haven't reviewed yet)?
Thanks,
M.
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