Re: [PATCH] PMCR_EL0.N is RAZ/WI. At least a build failes in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Remove the set function.

[Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>]

On Fri, 12 Sep 2025 12:33:39 +0100,
Itaru Kitayama <itaru.kitayama@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > On Sep 12, 2025, at 20:01, Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> wrote:
> > 
> > On Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:27:40 +0100,
> > Itaru Kitayama <itaru.kitayama@linux.dev> wrote:
> >> 
> >> Signed-off-by: Itaru Kitayama <itaru.kitayama@fujitsu.com>
> > 
> > This isn't an acceptable commit message.
> > 
> >> ---
> >> Seen a build failure with old Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, while the latest release
> >> has no build issue, a write to the bit fields is RAZ/WI, remove the
> >> function.
> >> ---
> >> tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/vpmu_counter_access.c | 6 ------
> >> 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
> >> 
> >> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/vpmu_counter_access.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/vpmu_counter_access.c
> >> index f16b3b27e32ed7ca57481f27d689d47783aa0345..56214a4430be90b3e1d840f2719b22dd44f0b49b 100644
> >> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/vpmu_counter_access.c
> >> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/arm64/vpmu_counter_access.c
> >> @@ -45,11 +45,6 @@ static uint64_t get_pmcr_n(uint64_t pmcr)
> >>    return FIELD_GET(ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_N, pmcr);
> >> }
> >> 
> >> -static void set_pmcr_n(uint64_t *pmcr, uint64_t pmcr_n)
> >> -{
> >> -    u64p_replace_bits((__u64 *) pmcr, pmcr_n, ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_N);
> >> -}
> >> -
> >> static uint64_t get_counters_mask(uint64_t n)
> >> {
> >>    uint64_t mask = BIT(ARMV8_PMU_CYCLE_IDX);
> >> @@ -490,7 +485,6 @@ static void test_create_vpmu_vm_with_pmcr_n(uint64_t pmcr_n, bool expect_fail)
> >>     * Setting a larger value of PMCR.N should not modify the field, and
> >>     * return a success.
> >>     */
> >> -    set_pmcr_n(&pmcr, pmcr_n);
> >>    vcpu_set_reg(vcpu, KVM_ARM64_SYS_REG(SYS_PMCR_EL0), pmcr);
> >>    pmcr = vcpu_get_reg(vcpu, KVM_ARM64_SYS_REG(SYS_PMCR_EL0));
> >> 
> >> 
> > 
> > So what are you fixing here? A build failure? A semantic defect?
> > Something else? What makes this a valid change?
> > 
> > Frankly, I have no idea.
> > 
> > But KVM definitely allows PMCR_EL0.N to be written from userspace, and
> > that's not going to change.
> > 
> 
> Then I’ll drop this patch.

I'm not asking you to drop it, I'm asking you to explain. If you found
a problem, let's discuss it and fix it. But as it stands, you're not
giving me much to go on.

	M.

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