[PATCH v2 13/14] KVM: arm64: Provide 1 event counter on IMPDEF hardware

Oliver Upton oliver.upton at linux.dev
Mon Feb 3 10:31:10 PST 2025


PMUv3 requires that all programmable event counters are capable of
counting any event. The Apple M* PMU is quite a bit different, and
events have affinities for particular PMCs.

Expose 1 event counter on IMPDEF hardware, allowing the guest to do
something useful with its PMU while also upholding the requirements of
the architecture.

Tested-by: Janne Grunau <j at jannau.net>
Signed-off-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton at linux.dev>
---
 arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
index 97f29153193f..e7b732bcaaa2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
@@ -1027,6 +1027,13 @@ u8 kvm_arm_pmu_get_max_counters(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	struct arm_pmu *arm_pmu = kvm->arch.arm_pmu;
 
+	/*
+	 * PMUv3 requires that all event counters are capable of counting any
+	 * event, though the same may not be true of non-PMUv3 hardware.
+	 */
+	if (cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_WORKAROUND_PMUV3_IMPDEF_TRAPS))
+		return 1;
+
 	/*
 	 * The arm_pmu->cntr_mask considers the fixed counter(s) as well.
 	 * Ignore those and return only the general-purpose counters.
-- 
2.39.5




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