* [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Replace KVM_ARM_PMU with HW_PERF_EVENTS @ 2021-01-04 17:27 Marc Zyngier 2021-01-05 15:49 ` Alexandru Elisei 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Marc Zyngier @ 2021-01-04 17:27 UTC (permalink / raw) To: kvmarm, linux-arm-kernel Cc: Alexandru Elisei, kernel-team, James Morse, Julien Thierry, Suzuki K Poulose KVM_ARM_PMU only existed for the benefit of 32bit ARM hosts, and makes no sense now that we are 64bit only. Get rid of it. Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> --- arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig | 8 -------- arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile | 2 +- include/kvm/arm_pmu.h | 2 +- 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig index 043756db8f6e..3964acf5451e 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig @@ -49,14 +49,6 @@ if KVM source "virt/kvm/Kconfig" -config KVM_ARM_PMU - bool "Virtual Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) support" - depends on HW_PERF_EVENTS - default y - help - Adds support for a virtual Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) in - virtual machines. - endif # KVM endif # VIRTUALIZATION diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile index 60fd181df624..13b017284bf9 100644 --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile @@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ kvm-y := $(KVM)/kvm_main.o $(KVM)/coalesced_mmio.o $(KVM)/eventfd.o \ vgic/vgic-mmio-v3.o vgic/vgic-kvm-device.o \ vgic/vgic-its.o vgic/vgic-debug.o -kvm-$(CONFIG_KVM_ARM_PMU) += pmu-emul.o +kvm-$(CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS) += pmu-emul.o diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h b/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h index fc85f50fa0e9..8dcb3e1477bc 100644 --- a/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h +++ b/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ #define ARMV8_PMU_CYCLE_IDX (ARMV8_PMU_MAX_COUNTERS - 1) #define ARMV8_PMU_MAX_COUNTER_PAIRS ((ARMV8_PMU_MAX_COUNTERS + 1) >> 1) -#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ARM_PMU +#ifdef CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS struct kvm_pmc { u8 idx; /* index into the pmu->pmc array */ -- 2.29.2 _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel ^ permalink raw reply related [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Replace KVM_ARM_PMU with HW_PERF_EVENTS 2021-01-04 17:27 [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Replace KVM_ARM_PMU with HW_PERF_EVENTS Marc Zyngier @ 2021-01-05 15:49 ` Alexandru Elisei 2021-01-05 16:25 ` Marc Zyngier 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Alexandru Elisei @ 2021-01-05 15:49 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Marc Zyngier, kvmarm, linux-arm-kernel Cc: kernel-team, James Morse, Julien Thierry, Suzuki K Poulose Hi Marc, On 1/4/21 5:27 PM, Marc Zyngier wrote: > KVM_ARM_PMU only existed for the benefit of 32bit ARM hosts, > and makes no sense now that we are 64bit only. Get rid of it. > > Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> > --- > arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig | 8 -------- > arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile | 2 +- > include/kvm/arm_pmu.h | 2 +- > 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig > index 043756db8f6e..3964acf5451e 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig > @@ -49,14 +49,6 @@ if KVM > > source "virt/kvm/Kconfig" > > -config KVM_ARM_PMU > - bool "Virtual Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) support" > - depends on HW_PERF_EVENTS > - default y > - help > - Adds support for a virtual Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) in > - virtual machines. > - > endif # KVM > > endif # VIRTUALIZATION > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile > index 60fd181df624..13b017284bf9 100644 > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile > @@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ kvm-y := $(KVM)/kvm_main.o $(KVM)/coalesced_mmio.o $(KVM)/eventfd.o \ > vgic/vgic-mmio-v3.o vgic/vgic-kvm-device.o \ > vgic/vgic-its.o vgic/vgic-debug.o > > -kvm-$(CONFIG_KVM_ARM_PMU) += pmu-emul.o > +kvm-$(CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS) += pmu-emul.o > diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h b/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h > index fc85f50fa0e9..8dcb3e1477bc 100644 > --- a/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h > +++ b/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h > @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ > #define ARMV8_PMU_CYCLE_IDX (ARMV8_PMU_MAX_COUNTERS - 1) > #define ARMV8_PMU_MAX_COUNTER_PAIRS ((ARMV8_PMU_MAX_COUNTERS + 1) >> 1) > > -#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ARM_PMU > +#ifdef CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS > > struct kvm_pmc { > u8 idx; /* index into the pmu->pmc array */ I grep'ed for KVM_ARM_PMU in the Linux sources, this patch takes care of all its occurrences. A few things popped into my mind when I saw the patch. 1. Replacing KVM_ARM_PMU with CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS means it's not possible anymore for the host to have perf support while KVM does not support emulating a PMU. In this scenario, functions which would have been empty functions if KVM_ARM_PMU was still around (I only found kvm_pmu_flush_hwstate() and kvm_pmu_sync_hwstate() on the KVM_RUN path) will now be called and return early after kvm_vcpu_has_pmu() returns 0. The overhead looks negligible to me, and I don't think this configuration was common (especially since the default was y). 2. I did a grep for the files that include arm_pmu.h, and all the files were in arch/arm64. I suppose arm_pmu.h exists in include/kvm instead of arch/arm64/include/asm because it was shared with KVM/arm when it was still around, right? Or is there another reason for that? [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm-arm/msg44184.html Thanks, Alex _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Replace KVM_ARM_PMU with HW_PERF_EVENTS 2021-01-05 15:49 ` Alexandru Elisei @ 2021-01-05 16:25 ` Marc Zyngier 2021-01-05 16:38 ` Alexandru Elisei 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Marc Zyngier @ 2021-01-05 16:25 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Alexandru Elisei Cc: Suzuki K Poulose, James Morse, linux-arm-kernel, kernel-team, kvmarm, Julien Thierry Hi Alex, On 2021-01-05 15:49, Alexandru Elisei wrote: > Hi Marc, > > On 1/4/21 5:27 PM, Marc Zyngier wrote: >> KVM_ARM_PMU only existed for the benefit of 32bit ARM hosts, >> and makes no sense now that we are 64bit only. Get rid of it. >> >> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> >> --- >> arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig | 8 -------- >> arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile | 2 +- >> include/kvm/arm_pmu.h | 2 +- >> 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig >> index 043756db8f6e..3964acf5451e 100644 >> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig >> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig >> @@ -49,14 +49,6 @@ if KVM >> >> source "virt/kvm/Kconfig" >> >> -config KVM_ARM_PMU >> - bool "Virtual Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) support" >> - depends on HW_PERF_EVENTS >> - default y >> - help >> - Adds support for a virtual Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) in >> - virtual machines. >> - >> endif # KVM >> >> endif # VIRTUALIZATION >> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile >> index 60fd181df624..13b017284bf9 100644 >> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile >> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile >> @@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ kvm-y := $(KVM)/kvm_main.o $(KVM)/coalesced_mmio.o >> $(KVM)/eventfd.o \ >> vgic/vgic-mmio-v3.o vgic/vgic-kvm-device.o \ >> vgic/vgic-its.o vgic/vgic-debug.o >> >> -kvm-$(CONFIG_KVM_ARM_PMU) += pmu-emul.o >> +kvm-$(CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS) += pmu-emul.o >> diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h b/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h >> index fc85f50fa0e9..8dcb3e1477bc 100644 >> --- a/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h >> +++ b/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h >> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ >> #define ARMV8_PMU_CYCLE_IDX (ARMV8_PMU_MAX_COUNTERS - 1) >> #define ARMV8_PMU_MAX_COUNTER_PAIRS ((ARMV8_PMU_MAX_COUNTERS + 1) >> >> 1) >> >> -#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ARM_PMU >> +#ifdef CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS >> >> struct kvm_pmc { >> u8 idx; /* index into the pmu->pmc array */ > > I grep'ed for KVM_ARM_PMU in the Linux sources, this patch takes care > of all its > occurrences. > > A few things popped into my mind when I saw the patch. > > 1. Replacing KVM_ARM_PMU with CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS means it's not > possible > anymore for the host to have perf support while KVM does not support > emulating a > PMU. In this scenario, functions which would have been empty functions > if > KVM_ARM_PMU was still around (I only found kvm_pmu_flush_hwstate() and > kvm_pmu_sync_hwstate() on the KVM_RUN path) will now be called and > return early > after kvm_vcpu_has_pmu() returns 0. The overhead looks negligible to > me, and I > don't think this configuration was common (especially since the default > was y). I don't think this is either common nor useful. If the kernel supports the PMU, then finding a PMU enables all the uses of the PMU, including for guests. And userspace is still in control of what it exposes to the guest. Yes, it's a tiny more overhead (one extra load) on the exit/entry path. Should we care? I don't think so. > 2. I did a grep for the files that include arm_pmu.h, and all the files > were in > arch/arm64. I suppose arm_pmu.h exists in include/kvm instead of > arch/arm64/include/asm because it was shared with KVM/arm when it was > still > around, right? Or is there another reason for that? No, that's basically the only reason. That was the easy landing spot for anything shared (including things like GIC, timers and co). I'm not sure it is worth the move, TBH... > [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm-arm/msg44184.html Yuo, and that's the reason I posted this patch. I have a couple more that I'll post by the end of the day. Thanks, M. -- Jazz is not dead. It just smells funny... _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Replace KVM_ARM_PMU with HW_PERF_EVENTS 2021-01-05 16:25 ` Marc Zyngier @ 2021-01-05 16:38 ` Alexandru Elisei 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Alexandru Elisei @ 2021-01-05 16:38 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Marc Zyngier Cc: Suzuki K Poulose, James Morse, linux-arm-kernel, kernel-team, kvmarm, Julien Thierry Hi Marc, On 1/5/21 4:25 PM, Marc Zyngier wrote: > Hi Alex, > > On 2021-01-05 15:49, Alexandru Elisei wrote: >> Hi Marc, >> >> On 1/4/21 5:27 PM, Marc Zyngier wrote: >>> KVM_ARM_PMU only existed for the benefit of 32bit ARM hosts, >>> and makes no sense now that we are 64bit only. Get rid of it. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> >>> --- >>> arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig | 8 -------- >>> arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile | 2 +- >>> include/kvm/arm_pmu.h | 2 +- >>> 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig >>> index 043756db8f6e..3964acf5451e 100644 >>> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig >>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig >>> @@ -49,14 +49,6 @@ if KVM >>> >>> source "virt/kvm/Kconfig" >>> >>> -config KVM_ARM_PMU >>> - bool "Virtual Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) support" >>> - depends on HW_PERF_EVENTS >>> - default y >>> - help >>> - Adds support for a virtual Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) in >>> - virtual machines. >>> - >>> endif # KVM >>> >>> endif # VIRTUALIZATION >>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile >>> index 60fd181df624..13b017284bf9 100644 >>> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile >>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/Makefile >>> @@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ kvm-y := $(KVM)/kvm_main.o $(KVM)/coalesced_mmio.o >>> $(KVM)/eventfd.o \ >>> vgic/vgic-mmio-v3.o vgic/vgic-kvm-device.o \ >>> vgic/vgic-its.o vgic/vgic-debug.o >>> >>> -kvm-$(CONFIG_KVM_ARM_PMU) += pmu-emul.o >>> +kvm-$(CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS) += pmu-emul.o >>> diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h b/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h >>> index fc85f50fa0e9..8dcb3e1477bc 100644 >>> --- a/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h >>> +++ b/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h >>> @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ >>> #define ARMV8_PMU_CYCLE_IDX (ARMV8_PMU_MAX_COUNTERS - 1) >>> #define ARMV8_PMU_MAX_COUNTER_PAIRS ((ARMV8_PMU_MAX_COUNTERS + 1) >> 1) >>> >>> -#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ARM_PMU >>> +#ifdef CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS >>> >>> struct kvm_pmc { >>> u8 idx; /* index into the pmu->pmc array */ >> >> I grep'ed for KVM_ARM_PMU in the Linux sources, this patch takes care of all its >> occurrences. >> >> A few things popped into my mind when I saw the patch. >> >> 1. Replacing KVM_ARM_PMU with CONFIG_HW_PERF_EVENTS means it's not possible >> anymore for the host to have perf support while KVM does not support emulating a >> PMU. In this scenario, functions which would have been empty functions if >> KVM_ARM_PMU was still around (I only found kvm_pmu_flush_hwstate() and >> kvm_pmu_sync_hwstate() on the KVM_RUN path) will now be called and return early >> after kvm_vcpu_has_pmu() returns 0. The overhead looks negligible to me, and I >> don't think this configuration was common (especially since the default was y). > > I don't think this is either common nor useful. If the kernel supports > the PMU, then finding a PMU enables all the uses of the PMU, including > for guests. And userspace is still in control of what it exposes to > the guest. Yes, it's a tiny more overhead (one extra load) on the > exit/entry path. Should we care? I don't think so. Yes, I agree: Reviewed-by: Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@arm.com> > >> 2. I did a grep for the files that include arm_pmu.h, and all the files were in >> arch/arm64. I suppose arm_pmu.h exists in include/kvm instead of >> arch/arm64/include/asm because it was shared with KVM/arm when it was still >> around, right? Or is there another reason for that? > > No, that's basically the only reason. That was the easy landing spot > for anything shared (including things like GIC, timers and co). > I'm not sure it is worth the move, TBH... I feel the same way, I was asking more in the context of new code. I admit to also having an ulterior motive, as one of the patches I picked up for the SPE series added a header file in include/kvm and it looked a bit out of place. Thanks, Alex > >> [1] https://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm-arm/msg44184.html > > Yuo, and that's the reason I posted this patch. I have a couple more > that I'll post by the end of the day. > > Thanks, > > M. _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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