From: Atish Patra <atish.patra@linux.dev>
To: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Atish Patra <atish.patra@linux.dev>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Anup Patel <anup@brainfault.org>,
Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>, Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>,
Paul Walmsley <pjw@kernel.org>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>,
Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@kernel.org>,
James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
Conor Dooley <conor@kernel.org>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
devicetree@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v9 12/20] RISC-V: perf: Modify the counter discovery mechanism
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2026 01:09:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260807-counter_delegation-v9-12-58658104e487@meta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260807-counter_delegation-v9-0-58658104e487@meta.com>
From: Atish Patra <atishp@rivosinc.com>
If both counter delegation and SBI PMU is present, the counter
delegation will be used for hardware pmu counters while the SBI PMU
will be used for firmware counters. Thus, the driver has to probe
the counters info via SBI PMU to distinguish the firmware counters.
The hybrid scheme also requires improvements of the informational
logging messages to indicate the user about underlying interface
used for each use case.
Signed-off-by: Atish Patra <atishp@rivosinc.com>
---
drivers/perf/riscv_pmu_sbi.c | 151 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 116 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu_sbi.c b/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu_sbi.c
index a8a197d341c3..1a1430059909 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu_sbi.c
+++ b/drivers/perf/riscv_pmu_sbi.c
@@ -66,6 +66,20 @@ static bool sbi_v3_available;
static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(sbi_pmu_snapshot_available);
#define sbi_pmu_snapshot_available() \
static_branch_unlikely(&sbi_pmu_snapshot_available)
+static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(riscv_pmu_sbi_available);
+static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(riscv_pmu_cdeleg_available);
+
+/* Avoid unnecessary code patching in the one time booting path*/
+#define riscv_pmu_cdeleg_available_boot() \
+ static_key_enabled(&riscv_pmu_cdeleg_available)
+#define riscv_pmu_sbi_available_boot() \
+ static_key_enabled(&riscv_pmu_sbi_available)
+
+/* Perform a runtime code patching with static key */
+#define riscv_pmu_cdeleg_available() \
+ static_branch_unlikely(&riscv_pmu_cdeleg_available)
+#define riscv_pmu_sbi_available() \
+ static_branch_likely(&riscv_pmu_sbi_available)
static struct attribute *riscv_arch_formats_attr[] = {
&format_attr_event.attr,
@@ -88,7 +102,8 @@ static int sysctl_perf_user_access __read_mostly = SYSCTL_USER_ACCESS;
/*
* This structure is SBI specific but counter delegation also require counter
- * width, csr mapping. Reuse it for now.
+ * width, csr mapping. Reuse it for now we can have firmware counters for
+ * platfroms with counter delegation support.
* RISC-V doesn't have heterogeneous harts yet. This need to be part of
* per_cpu in case of harts with different pmu counters
*/
@@ -100,6 +115,8 @@ static unsigned int riscv_pmu_irq;
/* Cache the available counters in a bitmask */
static unsigned long cmask;
+/* Cache the available firmware counters in another bitmask */
+static unsigned long firmware_cmask;
static int sbi_pmu_event_find_cache(u64 config);
struct sbi_pmu_event_data {
@@ -867,34 +884,44 @@ static int rvpmu_sbi_find_num_ctrs(void)
return sbi_err_map_linux_errno(ret.error);
}
-static int rvpmu_sbi_get_ctrinfo(int nctr, unsigned long *mask)
+static u32 rvpmu_deleg_find_ctrs(void)
+{
+ /* TODO */
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static int rvpmu_sbi_get_ctrinfo(u32 nsbi_ctr, u32 *num_fw_ctr, u32 *num_hw_ctr)
{
struct sbiret ret;
- int i, num_hw_ctr = 0, num_fw_ctr = 0;
+ int i;
union sbi_pmu_ctr_info cinfo;
- pmu_ctr_list = kzalloc_objs(*pmu_ctr_list, nctr);
- if (!pmu_ctr_list)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
- for (i = 0; i < nctr; i++) {
+ for (i = 0; i < nsbi_ctr; i++) {
ret = sbi_ecall(SBI_EXT_PMU, SBI_EXT_PMU_COUNTER_GET_INFO, i, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
if (ret.error)
/* The logical counter ids are not expected to be contiguous */
continue;
- *mask |= BIT(i);
-
cinfo.value = ret.value;
- if (cinfo.type == SBI_PMU_CTR_TYPE_FW)
- num_fw_ctr++;
- else
- num_hw_ctr++;
- pmu_ctr_list[i].value = cinfo.value;
+ if (cinfo.type == SBI_PMU_CTR_TYPE_FW) {
+ /* FW counters use SBI logical ids; skip any that collide */
+ if (cmask & BIT(i)) {
+ pr_warn_once("SBI firmware counter %d overlaps a delegated hardware counter, ignoring it\n",
+ i);
+ continue;
+ }
+ /* Track firmware counters in a different mask */
+ firmware_cmask |= BIT(i);
+ pmu_ctr_list[i].value = cinfo.value;
+ *num_fw_ctr = *num_fw_ctr + 1;
+ } else if (cinfo.type == SBI_PMU_CTR_TYPE_HW &&
+ !riscv_pmu_cdeleg_available_boot()) {
+ *num_hw_ctr = *num_hw_ctr + 1;
+ cmask |= BIT(i);
+ pmu_ctr_list[i].value = cinfo.value;
+ }
}
- pr_info("%d firmware and %d hardware counters\n", num_fw_ctr, num_hw_ctr);
-
return 0;
}
@@ -905,7 +932,7 @@ static inline void rvpmu_sbi_stop_all(struct riscv_pmu *pmu)
* which may include counters that are not enabled yet.
*/
sbi_ecall(SBI_EXT_PMU, SBI_EXT_PMU_COUNTER_STOP,
- 0, pmu->cmask, SBI_PMU_STOP_FLAG_RESET, 0, 0, 0);
+ 0, pmu->cmask | firmware_cmask, SBI_PMU_STOP_FLAG_RESET, 0, 0, 0);
}
static inline void rvpmu_sbi_stop_hw_ctrs(struct riscv_pmu *pmu)
@@ -1158,16 +1185,54 @@ static void rvpmu_ctr_stop(struct perf_event *event, unsigned long flag)
/* TODO: Counter delegation implementation */
}
-static int rvpmu_find_num_ctrs(void)
+static int rvpmu_find_ctrs(void)
{
- return rvpmu_sbi_find_num_ctrs();
- /* TODO: Counter delegation implementation */
-}
+ int num_sbi_counters = 0;
+ u32 num_deleg_counters = 0;
+ u32 num_hw_ctr = 0, num_fw_ctr = 0, num_ctr = 0;
+ /*
+ * We don't know how many firmware counters are available. Just allocate
+ * for maximum counters the driver can support. The default is 64 anyways.
+ */
+ pmu_ctr_list = kcalloc(RISCV_MAX_COUNTERS, sizeof(*pmu_ctr_list),
+ GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!pmu_ctr_list)
+ return -ENOMEM;
-static int rvpmu_get_ctrinfo(int nctr, unsigned long *mask)
-{
- return rvpmu_sbi_get_ctrinfo(nctr, mask);
- /* TODO: Counter delegation implementation */
+ if (riscv_pmu_cdeleg_available_boot())
+ num_deleg_counters = rvpmu_deleg_find_ctrs();
+
+ /* SBI PMU is only needed for firmware counters; delegation is independent */
+ if (riscv_pmu_sbi_available_boot()) {
+ num_sbi_counters = rvpmu_sbi_find_num_ctrs();
+ if (num_sbi_counters < 0) {
+ /* Keep going if delegation already gave us counters */
+ if (!num_deleg_counters) {
+ kfree(pmu_ctr_list);
+ pmu_ctr_list = NULL;
+ return num_sbi_counters;
+ }
+ pr_warn("Firmware counters unavailable (%d), continuing with %u delegated hardware counters\n",
+ num_sbi_counters, num_deleg_counters);
+ num_sbi_counters = 0;
+ }
+ if (num_sbi_counters > RISCV_MAX_COUNTERS)
+ num_sbi_counters = RISCV_MAX_COUNTERS;
+ }
+
+ /* cache all the information about counters now */
+ if (riscv_pmu_sbi_available_boot())
+ rvpmu_sbi_get_ctrinfo(num_sbi_counters, &num_fw_ctr, &num_hw_ctr);
+
+ if (riscv_pmu_cdeleg_available_boot()) {
+ pr_info("%u firmware and %u hardware counters\n", num_fw_ctr, num_deleg_counters);
+ num_ctr = num_fw_ctr + num_deleg_counters;
+ } else {
+ pr_info("%u firmware and %u hardware counters\n", num_fw_ctr, num_hw_ctr);
+ num_ctr = num_sbi_counters;
+ }
+
+ return num_ctr;
}
static int rvpmu_event_map(struct perf_event *event, u64 *econfig)
@@ -1477,12 +1542,21 @@ static int rvpmu_device_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
int num_counters;
bool irq_requested = false;
- pr_info("SBI PMU extension is available\n");
+ if (riscv_pmu_cdeleg_available_boot()) {
+ pr_info("hpmcounters will use the counter delegation ISA extension\n");
+ if (riscv_pmu_sbi_available_boot())
+ pr_info("Firmware counters will use SBI PMU extension\n");
+ else
+ pr_info("Firmware counters will not be available as SBI PMU extension is not present\n");
+ } else if (riscv_pmu_sbi_available_boot()) {
+ pr_info("Both hpmcounters and firmware counters will use SBI PMU extension\n");
+ }
+
pmu = riscv_pmu_alloc();
if (!pmu)
return -ENOMEM;
- num_counters = rvpmu_find_num_ctrs();
+ num_counters = rvpmu_find_ctrs();
if (num_counters < 0) {
pr_err("SBI PMU extension doesn't provide any counters\n");
goto out_free;
@@ -1494,9 +1568,6 @@ static int rvpmu_device_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
pr_info("SBI returned more than maximum number of counters. Limiting the number of counters to %d\n", num_counters);
}
- /* cache all the information about counters now */
- if (rvpmu_get_ctrinfo(num_counters, &cmask))
- goto out_free;
ret = rvpmu_setup_irqs(pmu, pdev);
if (ret < 0) {
@@ -1598,13 +1669,23 @@ static int __init rvpmu_devinit(void)
int ret;
struct platform_device *pdev;
- if (sbi_spec_version < sbi_mk_version(0, 3) ||
- !sbi_probe_extension(SBI_EXT_PMU)) {
- return 0;
- }
+ if (sbi_spec_version >= sbi_mk_version(0, 3) &&
+ sbi_probe_extension(SBI_EXT_PMU))
+ static_branch_enable(&riscv_pmu_sbi_available);
if (sbi_spec_version >= sbi_mk_version(2, 0))
sbi_v2_available = true;
+ /*
+ * We need all three extensions to be present to access the counters
+ * in S-mode via Supervisor Counter delegation.
+ */
+ if (riscv_isa_extension_available(NULL, SSCCFG) &&
+ riscv_isa_extension_available(NULL, SMCDELEG) &&
+ riscv_isa_extension_available(NULL, SSCSRIND))
+ static_branch_enable(&riscv_pmu_cdeleg_available);
+
+ if (!(riscv_pmu_sbi_available_boot() || riscv_pmu_cdeleg_available_boot()))
+ return 0;
if (sbi_spec_version >= sbi_mk_version(3, 0))
sbi_v3_available = true;
--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-07 8:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-07 8:08 [PATCH v9 00/20] Add Counter delegation ISA extension support Atish Patra
2026-08-07 8:08 ` [PATCH v9 01/20] RISC-V: perf: fix resource cleanup on driver probe failure Atish Patra
2026-08-07 8:08 ` [PATCH v9 02/20] RISC-V: Add Smcsrind and Sscsrind ISA extension CSR definitions Atish Patra
2026-08-07 8:08 ` [PATCH v9 03/20] RISC-V: Add Smcsrind and Sscsrind ISA extension definition and parsing Atish Patra
2026-08-07 8:08 ` [PATCH v9 04/20] dt-bindings: riscv: add Smcsrind and Sscsrind ISA extension descriptions Atish Patra
2026-08-07 8:09 ` [PATCH v9 05/20] RISC-V: Define indirect CSR access helpers Atish Patra
2026-08-07 8:09 ` [PATCH v9 06/20] RISC-V: Add Smcntrpmf extension parsing Atish Patra
2026-08-07 8:09 ` [PATCH v9 07/20] dt-bindings: riscv: add Smcntrpmf ISA extension description Atish Patra
2026-08-07 8:09 ` [PATCH v9 08/20] RISC-V: Add Ssccfg extension CSR definition Atish Patra
2026-08-07 8:09 ` [PATCH v9 09/20] RISC-V: Add Ssccfg/Smcdeleg ISA extension definition and parsing Atish Patra
2026-08-07 8:09 ` [PATCH v9 10/20] dt-bindings: riscv: add Counter delegation ISA extensions description Atish Patra
2026-08-07 8:09 ` [PATCH v9 11/20] RISC-V: perf: Restructure the SBI PMU code Atish Patra
2026-08-07 8:09 ` Atish Patra [this message]
2026-08-07 8:09 ` [PATCH v9 13/20] RISC-V: perf: Add a mechanism to defined legacy event encoding Atish Patra
2026-08-07 8:09 ` [PATCH v9 14/20] RISC-V: perf: Implement supervisor counter delegation support Atish Patra
2026-08-07 8:09 ` [PATCH v9 15/20] RISC-V: perf: Skip PMU SBI extension when not implemented Atish Patra
2026-08-07 8:09 ` [PATCH v9 16/20] RISC-V: perf: Use config2/vendor table for event to counter mapping Atish Patra
2026-08-07 8:09 ` [PATCH v9 17/20] RISC-V: perf: Add legacy event encodings via sysfs Atish Patra
2026-08-07 8:09 ` [PATCH v9 18/20] RISC-V: perf: Add Qemu virt machine events Atish Patra
2026-08-07 8:09 ` [PATCH v9 19/20] tools/perf: Support event code for arch standard events Atish Patra
2026-08-07 8:09 ` [PATCH v9 20/20] tools/perf: Add RISC-V CounterIDMask event field Atish Patra
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