[PATCH v5 12/24] KVM: arm64: Use physical PMSELR for PMXEVTYPER if partitioned

Colton Lewis coltonlewis at google.com
Tue Dec 9 12:51:09 PST 2025


Because PMXEVTYPER is trapped and PMSELR is not, it is not appropriate
to use the virtual PMSELR register when it could be outdated and lead
to an invalid write. Use the physical register when partitioned.

Signed-off-by: Colton Lewis <coltonlewis at google.com>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/arm_pmuv3.h | 7 ++++++-
 arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c          | 9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/arm_pmuv3.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/arm_pmuv3.h
index 27c4d6d47da31..60600f04b5902 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/arm_pmuv3.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/arm_pmuv3.h
@@ -70,11 +70,16 @@ static inline u64 read_pmcr(void)
 	return read_sysreg(pmcr_el0);
 }
 
-static inline void write_pmselr(u32 val)
+static inline void write_pmselr(u64 val)
 {
 	write_sysreg(val, pmselr_el0);
 }
 
+static inline u64 read_pmselr(void)
+{
+	return read_sysreg(pmselr_el0);
+}
+
 static inline void write_pmccntr(u64 val)
 {
 	write_sysreg(val, pmccntr_el0);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
index 0c9596325519b..2e6d907fa8af2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
@@ -1199,14 +1199,19 @@ static bool writethrough_pmevtyper(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct sys_reg_params
 static bool access_pmu_evtyper(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct sys_reg_params *p,
 			       const struct sys_reg_desc *r)
 {
-	u64 idx, reg;
+	u64 idx, reg, pmselr;
 
 	if (pmu_access_el0_disabled(vcpu))
 		return false;
 
 	if (r->CRn == 9 && r->CRm == 13 && r->Op2 == 1) {
 		/* PMXEVTYPER_EL0 */
-		idx = SYS_FIELD_GET(PMSELR_EL0, SEL, __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMSELR_EL0));
+		if (kvm_vcpu_pmu_is_partitioned(vcpu))
+			pmselr = read_pmselr();
+		else
+			pmselr = __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMSELR_EL0);
+
+		idx = SYS_FIELD_GET(PMSELR_EL0, SEL, pmselr);
 		reg = PMEVTYPER0_EL0 + idx;
 	} else if (r->CRn == 14 && (r->CRm & 12) == 12) {
 		idx = ((r->CRm & 3) << 3) | (r->Op2 & 7);
-- 
2.52.0.239.gd5f0c6e74e-goog




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