[PATCH v11 12/43] KVM: arm64: nv: Handle CNTHCTL_EL2 specially

Marc Zyngier maz at kernel.org
Mon Nov 20 05:09:56 PST 2023


Accessing CNTHCTL_EL2 is fraught with danger if running with
HCR_EL2.E2H=1: half of the bits are held in CNTKCTL_EL1, and
thus can be changed behind our back, while the rest lives
in the CNTHCTL_EL2 shadow copy that is memory-based.

Yes, this is a lot of fun!

Make sure that we merge the two on read access, while we can
write to CNTKCTL_EL1 in a more straightforward manner.

Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c    | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
index d5c0f29c121f..f42f3ed3724c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
@@ -138,6 +138,21 @@ u64 vcpu_read_sys_reg(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int reg)
 		if (!is_hyp_ctxt(vcpu))
 			goto memory_read;
 
+		/*
+		 * CNTHCTL_EL2 requires some special treatment to
+		 * account for the bits that can be set via CNTKCTL_EL1.
+		 */
+		switch (reg) {
+		case CNTHCTL_EL2:
+			if (vcpu_el2_e2h_is_set(vcpu)) {
+				val = read_sysreg_el1(SYS_CNTKCTL);
+				val &= CNTKCTL_VALID_BITS;
+				val |= __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, reg) & ~CNTKCTL_VALID_BITS;
+				return val;
+			}
+			break;
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * If this register does not have an EL1 counterpart,
 		 * then read the stored EL2 version.
@@ -209,6 +224,19 @@ void vcpu_write_sys_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 val, int reg)
 			preempt_enable();
 		}
 
+		switch (reg) {
+		case CNTHCTL_EL2:
+			/*
+			 * If E2H=0, CNHTCTL_EL2 is a pure shadow register.
+			 * Otherwise, some of the bits are backed by
+			 * CNTKCTL_EL1, while the rest is kept in memory.
+			 * Yes, this is fun stuff.
+			 */
+			if (vcpu_el2_e2h_is_set(vcpu))
+				write_sysreg_el1(val, SYS_CNTKCTL);
+			return;
+		}
+
 		/* No EL1 counterpart? We're done here.? */
 		if (reg == el1r)
 			return;
diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h b/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h
index c819c5d16613..fd650a8789b9 100644
--- a/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h
+++ b/include/kvm/arm_arch_timer.h
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ u64 timer_get_cval(struct arch_timer_context *ctxt);
 void kvm_timer_cpu_up(void);
 void kvm_timer_cpu_down(void);
 
+/* CNTKCTL_EL1 valid bits as of DDI0487J.a */
+#define CNTKCTL_VALID_BITS	(BIT(17) | GENMASK_ULL(9, 0))
+
 static inline bool has_cntpoff(void)
 {
 	return (has_vhe() && cpus_have_final_cap(ARM64_HAS_ECV_CNTPOFF));
-- 
2.39.2




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