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[34.38.54.120]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-477a9dbec2bsm64229035e9.5.2025.11.20.04.27.46 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 20 Nov 2025 04:27:46 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:27:43 +0000 From: Vincent Donnefort To: Marc Zyngier Cc: rostedt@goodmis.org, mhiramat@kernel.org, mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com, linux-trace-kernel@vger.kernel.org, oliver.upton@linux.dev, joey.gouly@arm.com, suzuki.poulose@arm.com, yuzenghui@huawei.com, kvmarm@lists.linux.dev, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, jstultz@google.com, qperret@google.com, will@kernel.org, aneesh.kumar@kernel.org, kernel-team@android.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 22/28] KVM: arm64: Add trace remote for the pKVM hyp Message-ID: References: <20251107093840.3779150-1-vdonnefort@google.com> <20251107093840.3779150-23-vdonnefort@google.com> <86a50irkst.wl-maz@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: kvmarm@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <86a50irkst.wl-maz@kernel.org> On Wed, Nov 19, 2025 at 05:31:30PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote: > On Fri, 07 Nov 2025 09:38:34 +0000, > Vincent Donnefort wrote: > > > > When running with KVM protected mode, the hypervisor is able to generate > > events into tracefs compatible ring-buffers. Create a trace remote so > > the kernel can read those buffers. > > > > This currently doesn't provide any event support which will come later. > > > > Signed-off-by: Vincent Donnefort > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig > > index 580426cdbe77..64db254f0448 100644 > > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig > > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig > > @@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ config PKVM_TRACING > > bool > > depends on KVM > > depends on TRACING > > + select TRACE_REMOTE > > select SIMPLE_RING_BUFFER > > default y > > [...] > > +static void hyp_trace_buffer_free_bpages_backing(struct hyp_trace_buffer *trace_buffer) > > +{ > > + free_pages_exact((void *)trace_buffer->desc->bpages_backing_start, > > + trace_buffer->desc->bpages_backing_size); > > +} > > + > > +static int __load_page(unsigned long va) > > +{ > > + return kvm_call_hyp_nvhe(__pkvm_host_share_hyp, virt_to_pfn((void *)va), 1); > > +} > > I struggle a bit with the nomenclature here. Why is that called > "load"? Surely this is a "map" operation, right? Is that because this > is called at "vcpu load" time? Something else? I called "load" the operation of getting the tracing buffer ready. But for this implementation specific part, I can use map/unmap here. (same for hyp_trace_buffer_map_pages/hyp_trace_buffer_map_pages) > > Also, how is this working without pKVM, in a normal nVHE environment? > Being able to trace in nVHE is a basic requirement, and I don't see > how this works here. I can probably make it work with nVHE as well. > > Thanks, > > M. > > -- > Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.