[PATCH v4 24/40] KVM: arm64: Rewrite system register accessors to read/write functions

Christoffer Dall christoffer.dall at linaro.org
Thu Feb 22 01:18:48 PST 2018


On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 06:12:29PM +0000, Julien Grall wrote:
> Hi Christoffer,
> 
> On 15/02/18 21:03, Christoffer Dall wrote:
> >From: Christoffer Dall <cdall at cs.columbia.edu>
> >
> >Currently we access the system registers array via the vcpu_sys_reg()
> >macro.  However, we are about to change the behavior to some times
> >modify the register file directly, so let's change this to two
> >primitives:
> >
> >  * Accessor macros vcpu_write_sys_reg() and vcpu_read_sys_reg()
> >  * Direct array access macro __vcpu_sys_reg()
> >
> >The first primitive should be used in places where the code needs to
> >access the currently loaded VCPU's state as observed by the guest.  For
> >example, when trapping on cache related registers, a write to a system
> >register should go directly to the VCPU version of the register.
> >
> >The second primitive can be used in places where the VCPU is known to
> 
> "second primitive" is a bit confusing here. I count 3 primitives above:
> (vcpu_write_sys_reg(), vcpu_read_sys_reg() and __vcpu_sys_reg(). From the
> description, I would say to refer to the latter (i.e third one).
> 

Good point.  I'll clarify.

> >never be running (for example userspace access) or for registers which
> >are never context switched (for example all the PMU system registers).
> >
> >This rewrites all users of vcpu_sys_regs to one of the two primitives
> >above.
> >
> >No functional change.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall <cdall at cs.columbia.edu>
> 
> [...]
> 
> >diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> >index f2a6f39aec87..68398bf7882f 100644
> >--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> >+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> >@@ -287,7 +287,18 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
> >  };
> >  #define vcpu_gp_regs(v)		(&(v)->arch.ctxt.gp_regs)
> >-#define vcpu_sys_reg(v,r)	((v)->arch.ctxt.sys_regs[(r)])
> >+
> >+/*
> >+ * Only use __vcpu_sys_reg if you know you want the memory backed version of a
> >+ * register, and not the one most recently accessed by a runnning VCPU.  For
> 
> NIT: s/runnning/running/
> 
> >+ * example, for userpace access or for system registers that are never context
> 
> NIT: s/userpace/userspace/
> 
> >+ * switched, but only emulated.
> >+ */
> >+#define __vcpu_sys_reg(v,r)	((v)->arch.ctxt.sys_regs[(r)])
> >+
> >+#define vcpu_read_sys_reg(v,r)	__vcpu_sys_reg(v,r)
> >+#define vcpu_write_sys_reg(v,r,n)	do { __vcpu_sys_reg(v,r) = n; } while (0)
> >+
> >  /*
> >   * CP14 and CP15 live in the same array, as they are backed by the
> >   * same system registers.
> 
> [...]
> 
> >diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> >index b48af790615e..a05d2c01c786 100644
> >--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> >+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> 
> [...]
> 
> >@@ -817,10 +818,10 @@ static bool access_pmuserenr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct sys_reg_params *p,
> >  			return false;
> >  		}
> >-		vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMUSERENR_EL0) = p->regval
> >-						    & ARMV8_PMU_USERENR_MASK;
> >-	} else {
> >-		p->regval = vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMUSERENR_EL0)
> >+		__vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMUSERENR_EL0) =
> >+			       p->regval & ARMV8_PMU_USERENR_MASK;
> >+	} else  {
> 
> NIT: There is a double space between else and {.
> 
> >+		p->regval = __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMUSERENR_EL0)
> >  			    & ARMV8_PMU_USERENR_MASK;
> >  	}
> 
Thanks,
-Christoffer



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